Nowadays, national education is a hot topic of Hong Kong. People who live in Hong Kong think that national education is a type of brainwashing education that should be withdrawn immediately. Brainwashing education is meaning that inculcate some ideas to someone when he is a young kid for changing their mind. However, in my opinion, this is not a consummate national education and we should need a better national education in Hong Kong. A good national education should not include any political advertising. Also, it can tell us the background of our place and how to develop the future of the nation. According to the CBC News article,
“Parents, teachers and pupils afraid that the Beijing authorities to indoctrinate the young into unquestioning support of China’s Communist Party by using the national education.”1
That is the main problem of the national education in Hong Kong.
First, political advertising must not include in national education. From the name of political advertising, we can clearly understand that this is an action to advertise the idea of the political parties. For example, newspapers, televisions and radio are the ways of advertising. Especially, the political advertising is talking about different view of political ideas. Even if a single political advertising, it should be more careful to avoid for becoming the type of ‘brainwashing’. Moreover, Alexis W. mentioned that
“Education refers to the process of learning and acquiring information. Education can be divided into two main types, they are formal learning through an institution such as a school and self-taught learning or what is often termed life experience.”2 In any kind of subjects, self-taught learning and experience is still the main mission of education, also no advertising is included. In addition, according to Deseret News article,
“Children are vulnerable to clever advertising. Advertising that create a party atmosphere around tobacco and