OPENING THOUGHTS / I
CHAPTER ONE
THREE STUDENTS’ STORIES / 1
Big-eyed Xie Guo / 3
A “Special Exhibition” of Educational Achievements / 12
Wen Hua’s Father / 20
CHAPTER TWO
HAPPINESS IS THE GOAL / 27
Happiness Starts from School / 29
Happiness Comes from Good Habits / 41
Moral Education for All / 59
Discovering a Different Me / 75
A School Without Art Is Not a Good School / 105
Small Is Beautiful / 123
CHAPTER THREE
START WITH CLEANLINESS, HAPPINESS WILL FOLLOW / 135
Focus on Hygiene / 137
Be the Cleanest School / 153
Start Every Day with a Success / 161
Cleaning Power Is a Professional Competence / 172
CHAPTER FOUR
LEARNING FOR A CHANGING WORKPLACE / 181
Parks Become Classrooms / 183
Teachers Come from Industry / 198
Challenges in Choosing the Right Industry / 211
CHAPTER FIVE
THRIVING IN A DIGITAL WORLD / 239
Sleeping in Class Is Not the Students’ Fault / 241
Benefits of Project-based Learning / 259
School Without “Walls” / 277
Competency Model Is Not a Promotional Poster / 288
Mathematics as Common Sense / 307
CHAPTER SIX
THE PRIVILEGE OF EDUCATORS / 319
Love and Respect – the Dignity of Education / 321
Growing Up Happily in BNVS / 340
Such a Big BN Tree / 366
EPILOGUE / 379
Happy Ordinary People / 379
Postscript for English Edition / 387
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / 391