A principal was recently fired form her job after a failed attempt to try and liven up a back-to-school ceremony by hiring a pole dancer to perform at the school’s dance show.
She was fired immediately after parents expressed their anger took to social media to voice their complaints.
So before our kids got out of kindergarten for the summer, there was 10 days of military "activities" and displays of machine guns and mortars at the door; now the principal has welcomed them back with a strip pole dance on the flagpole bearing the PRC flag. She's gone nuts. pic.twitter.com/BJr4UI6Oq3
— Michael Standaert (@mstandaert) September 3, 2018
As is the norm in most schools across China, the Xinshahui Kindergarten in the southern city of Shenzhen begins the start of the school year with a ceremony which usually consists of performances and speeches. However, Monday’s edition, with the pole dance performance, cost principal Lai Rong her job.
The videos of this performance have made rounds on social media and many have expressed their anger and distaste in reaction to these videos.
“Pole dancing at a school welcome ceremony? How can I trust my children with them? I’m going to pull my kid out and ask for a refund,” one parent wrote on social media platform WeChat.
“Is the principal an idiot?” another commented on the Twitter-like site Weibo.
In a text message to parents, Ms Lai apologised for the “horrific viewing experience” and for not checking the dancer’s performance, adding that the dance was intended to liven up the atmosphere.
Hours later, the local education authorities announced that they had fired the principal and put Xinshahui under investigation.
“Other schools in the district should reflect on this incident and strictly uphold education standards,” the Bao’an education bureau said in a statement.
“I may as well be dead. I’ve already lost the hope to live,” Ms Lai told state-run tabloid the Global Times.
The principal hung up on my wife when she called after saying it was "international and good exercise" … okay, yeah for adults maybe, but not 3-6 year old kids. pic.twitter.com/OAw8S5ihzX
— Michael Standaert (@mstandaert) September 3, 2018
