{"id":226,"date":"2017-10-05T08:24:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T00:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2017\/10\/05\/teacher-keeps-teaching-as-students-dodge-a-collapsing-wall\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T16:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T08:27:00","slug":"teacher-keeps-teaching-as-students-dodge-a-collapsing-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/teacher-keeps-teaching-as-students-dodge-a-collapsing-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Keeps Teaching As Students Dodge A Collapsing Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A lecturer carried on unperturbed with his lesson after a wall separating the classroom from another next door collapsed during class at a university in eastern China, scaring the daylights out of the students, a viral video on China\u2019s internet shows.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A lecturer carried on <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/unperturbed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unperturbed<\/a> with his lesson after a wall separating the classroom from another next door collapsed during class at a university in eastern China, scaring the daylights out of the students, a viral video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\">China\u2019s internet shows.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FoRWRvtvg-Y0HusR9dLXef_ypoyT?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"349\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/teacher-keeps-teaching-as-students-dodge-a-collapsing-wall\/#The_view_across_adjacent_classrooms_after_the_wall_between_them_collapsed_during_class_The_students_were_scared_but_no_one_was_injured_Photo_Handout\" title=\"The view across adjacent classrooms after the wall between them collapsed during class. The students were scared but no one was injured. Photo: Handout\">The view across adjacent classrooms after the wall between them collapsed during class. The students were scared but no one was injured. Photo: Handout<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/teacher-keeps-teaching-as-students-dodge-a-collapsing-wall\/#Moment_of_truth_Horrified_students_watch_the_wall_begin_to_collapse_The_lecturer_didnt_stop_and_continued_his_class_Photo_Handout\" title=\"Moment of truth: Horrified students watch the wall begin to collapse. The lecturer didn&#8217;t stop and continued his class. Photo: Handout\">Moment of truth: Horrified students watch the wall begin to collapse. The lecturer didn&#8217;t stop and continued his class. Photo: Handout<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_view_across_adjacent_classrooms_after_the_wall_between_them_collapsed_during_class_The_students_were_scared_but_no_one_was_injured_Photo_Handout\"><\/span>The view across adjacent classrooms after the wall between them collapsed during class. The students were scared but no one was injured. Photo: Handout<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The collapse took place at about 11am on Tuesday on the Yuexiu campus of Jiaxing University in Zhejiang province. No casualties were reported.<\/p>\n<p>A smartphone video of the incident, which was shared widely on Chinese <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/social\/\" title=\"View all posts in social\">social<\/a> media, showed shocked students screaming as the wall between two classrooms fell and smashed desks and chairs during the class, but one teacher went on <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/teaching\/\" title=\"View all posts in teaching\">teaching<\/a> undeterred by the accident.<\/p>\n<p>An official from the university was recorded in the video saying that the collapsed wall had been previously installed to separate two classrooms and had probably developed cracks before falling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fhy4WjNCz8WquFp53N_inY-r7H43?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"2.png\" width=\"463\" height=\"444\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Moment_of_truth_Horrified_students_watch_the_wall_begin_to_collapse_The_lecturer_didnt_stop_and_continued_his_class_Photo_Handout\"><\/span>Moment of truth: Horrified students watch the wall begin to collapse. The lecturer didn&#8217;t stop and continued his class. Photo: Handout<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In a statement published on Weibo, China\u2019s version of Twitter, the university said it had sealed off the building built in the 1990s while it investigated the cause of the collapse.<\/p>\n<p>But it seems that the school has much more to fix than just the wall, according to students\u2019 comments that appeared below the university\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope the school can pay attention to street lights at night. Some of them are very dark\u2026 I tripped over the day before yesterday\u201d one student wrote in a comment that received more than 200 likes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe windows on the east side of Dorm 7c need to be fixed,\u201d wrote another. \u201cThere have been several falling pieces of glass. 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