There is a persistent myth about the allegedly extremely high quality of education in the USSR. However, if you dig deeper, you will find that its essence was the standardized upbringing of children, not the development of their abilities and individual talents. This conclusion was reached by Belarusian blogger Maksim Mirovich, who studies and analyzes the Soviet experience.
He has collected seven prohibitions that were in effect in the schools of the Union. Now they seem like real savagery. Bright hair, makeup, piercings Modern schoolchildren feel free to express themselves through their appearance, even in schools where they wear uniforms.
Children in the USSR were forbidden to do so. They had to conform to the image of Soviet schoolchildren. The ban on piercings even made its way into the movie ACCA.
In the movie, the main character named Bananan is taken to prison and put in a "pressure hut" with a criminal just because he had an earring in his ear and refused to take it off. These prejudices were abandoned only at the beginning of perestroika. Long hair for boys Boys with long hair caused a separate, sharply negative attitude among teachers and school administrators.
Even a Beatles haircut was considered a violation. At best, such a teenager faced a friendly trial, and at worst, he could be forcibly cut. Ballpoint pens Even in the early post-Soviet years, one could encounter this absurd ban in schools.
It is still not clear where it came from. Some teachers said that bal.
