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Education in a cave
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Apr 2009
With the right equipment, you can build a school anywhere. If you don’t think so, ask the children that goes every day to Mid-Cave Primary School. Built in 1984, this school sits in one of three caves inside a mountain.
Nowadays, it accomodates 186 students with a teaching force of 8 staff. Of course, this may not be the right conditions for a child to go to school, but personally, I think it’s better for a child to go and learn in a cave, rather that don’t go to school at all.
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I think this is great, the cave to me seems perfect after all it was projected by the supreme master of architecture, God.
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i loving it
first look, i think it seems like a ¨New natural design¨, i like the perspective of these photos rather than these buildings in the big city, we can find a lot of good way to let the poor student go to school by using our intellegence, bravo for the chinese
tarantantan im loving it
The cave is great, but those buildings are completely wrong. Obviously no architect was involved there ;)… Imagine what an amazing school you could build there.
Haha! NMiller – exACTLY my first thought too :P im so jealous, what an inspiring & moving environment!
Good luck for child
What an absurd and absolutely inspiring atmosphere for primary school! I wish there were high rez photos available. Why, though, is this particular article so poorly written?
perhaps you think it’s great but in my view it worse.The children there don’t get enough food ，they have no choose.The school enviorment is worse.I feel so sorry.
It should be a contemporary school because that there was not a strong site planning shown here.It could be interesting but cannot last for a long time.
i like the idea.. yet the place needs some color if its supposed to house children.
It sucks. Those poor children are suffering, and you think that’s cool? Look at their clothes, apparently it’s not like they have a choice.Seriously, what are you thinking? Fuck!
Honestly, kids don’t know any better. I grew up in far worse conditions than I’m used to now in North America, but you don’t notice that as a kid. At the time, as long as I could eat and laugh, I was having the time of my life.
These kids don’t look like they’re lacking in anything, they all have desks, chairs even, that’s a lot more than what a lot of public schools in rural regions in China has.
also… the state of clothes? surely thats a reflection of the economic climate of the region rather than of the architecture of the school?
Available funds in 1984 for construction doesnt mean wealth is abundant for individuals.