Pupils in China have to sit in class while balancing a book on their head so they can get a good posture

  • A class of primary students in China were told to hold a textbook on their head
  • The exercise was set to train the students to sit properly with a upright back
  • Video uploaded on Chinese social media has had nearly 80,000 views

By TIFFANY LO FOR MAILONLINE

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As the new academic year begun, a school in China has decided to give the students a lesson on the importance of posture.

Footage has emerged on Chinese social media showing a class of primary school students sitting upright while having a textbook on their head.

Around 42 students can be seen doing writing exercise as they manage their way to hold the weight on top of their head.

Students in a primary school class were told to learn good sitting posture using a textbook

Students in a primary school class were told to learn good sitting posture using a textbook

Video posted on Youku yesterday has drawn over 79,700 views. Web users have apparently been impressed by the teacher's 'brilliant' idea.

All 42 students were told to put a textbook on top of their heads and had to balance them as they did assignment in class.

It's believed that the teacher was meant to train the students to have a good sitting posture for an upright position.

They had to put the textbook on top of their heads to make sure they can sit upright

They had to put the textbook on top of their heads to make sure they can sit upright

Web users supported the teacher's way of teaching correct posture to students.

'I don't see this as a punishment. The teacher is doing a good job in letting the students to know how to sit properly,' said web user 'mugua_1900'.

Another user 'xiaoxiniu' said: 'This is a great method but not recommend to keep that for too long.' 

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