Some Drawbacks of Traditional Chinese Education Traditional Chinese education is based on restrictions, which imposes a great deal of pressure on children to make sure of their conformity to rules. Students are required to do massive amount of reading and reciting and teachers set a series of rules to make sure of learners' academic attainments. At the same time, they are not allowed to challenge their teachers, since debating with teachers would be treated as disrespect. Learning in such an environment, children have to bear the burden of discipline, which dampens their nature of curiosity and represses their passion for exploration.