A new semester starts in this september. In these days in Nanning, you can see many students in old type military uniform(damn, just the instructors have their new type 07 military uniform) takeing part in military training on many school’s campus. I don’t know how many countries have this kind of military training for new students when they get in High school or University, though I have seen some pictures about South Korea and Japan’s student’s military training, but I think what we have here in China mainland is unique. And my personal experience told me that it was not an easy time.

Parade in the last day of military training

military knowledge lession

Like I said, those who take part in military training must be new students. In GuangXi University, those ones are sophomores. Before they start their second year in university, they have to come back to school two weeks earlier to take part in this 2-week military training by the end of summer vacation. Oh, it is still a very hot time in this season. What they are going to face is high temperature,
scorching sun, and longtime formation drill(队列训练). During these 2 weeks, there will be some days they have to face some sudden downpour come together with typhoons. Though Nanning is inland, but sometimes still be influenced by those typhoons come from South China Sea during the summer. I remember I got wet from head to toe at least three times during my military training, oh, that is not a good memory.

Schoolgirls in the military training

With more than 6000 students take part in the military training, there’s always someone can not make it. they might get sunstroke or can not get used to that long time drill, which means they have a weak constitution and they need more excercise in the future.

Student troops in parada. Guangxi University 2010

I won’t say I like this kind of military training(of course it is a hard time), and I don’t expect to learn enough military skills in these 2 weeks. What I want to say is this military training mainly help those new students to keep a good discipline. And for those in these two weeks, they “suffer” these days with their classmates and become closer with each other, they can know better about each other, and learn a most important thing called “teamwork”. Of course, it also helps them get up earlier in the morning, and assist in losing their weight…