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Kneeling headmaster

The headmaster of a Hunan-based middle school, who knelt to some 700 students on the playground in a bold attempt to encourage kids to study harder, has been chided for such behavior by teachers and pupils under her supervision.

Headmaster Yang Wenjun said that his move was meant to stimulate students to better apply themselves and show more gratitude to their teachers. But shocked teachers and students didn't take well to the kneeling, saying it undermined his confidence.

Students said that the move came out of desperation, saying that the school's poor academic standing from a recent round of standardized testing was the real reason behind the move, in a Xiaoxiang Morning Herald report. The teachers added that they felt "too much pressure" when the headmaster knelt before them.

Web users had mixed reactions to the news. Some said that he had misled students by kneeling, losing dignity.

"He should put his efforts into getting the students interested in studying, rather than begging them in such a way," said one user's post, which was circulated several times.

Others were more sympathetic, saying that the act showed humility, a quality often lacking in people with such authority.

"It's not easy for an adult or a headmaster to kneel to students," said web user Xinluogongzhu070. "This was clearly a reflection of his humbleness and willingness to contribute to bettering the education of his students."

Mobile phone addicts

About 80 percent of China's white-collar class is so addicted to using their mobile phones that they never turn them off, and feel anxious if they can't check their devices regularly, according to a news report.

Employees in Beijing use their mobile phones for 6.72 hours a day, taking the number one spot on the list for average frequent use of mobile phones, roughly five times more than people in Changchun, Jilin Province, who use their phones the least, said the report released by Chinese job recruiting site zhopin.com, the report collected information from interviews conducted in 28 cities across the country.

Many web users instantly identified with the survey, saying that the report definitely reflected their reliance on mobile phones.

"The first thing I do when I wake up is look for my phone," one web user said. "And I can't fall asleep unless I check my phone before bed."

Other users blamed Beijing's poor traffic on their phone dependency, saying that they need their phones to busy them when they spend hours stuck in traffic jams on the commute to and from work everyday.