In today’s world many people seem to be hungry for money. Some of them even lose their lives for it. Money does have its most useful effect(影响) on the poor, but once a person has a rich life, a lot more money doesn’t mean more happiness.

If money was everything, all millionaires(百万富翁)would have true love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always true.

But can love be bought? I’m afraid not.　　1　　. To every person, health and long life are probably the most precious(宝贵的) things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The answer is “No”.

Of all the longest living people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can’t be bought either. In a word, where money is worshiped(崇拜), money can cause brothers to quarrel(争吵), lovers to hate, strangers to fight and so on. No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough to make you a happy person if you have no one to laugh with, no one to cry for.

For middle and primary school students, they will need to learn how to plant vegetables and raise animals for labor(劳动) education. Learning how to do labor work is a necessary part of students’ lives. So the Ministry of Education(MOE) brought out a new curriculum standard(课程标准) for labor education in schools in 2021. Starting from the 2022 fall term, students in primary and middle schools have to take courses on labor skills at least once a week.

The new standard includes three types of labor tasks. The first is for things like everyday housework, including cleaning, cooking, and using washing machines and so on. Next is productive labor, including farming, making traditional art works, and using new technologies such as 3D printing. The third type is service work, which includes volunteer work.

Schools in China have traditionally paid more attention to study, and many have seen housework as a waste of children’s time. But according to the MOE, labor education must be built up to help students develop social values and get interested in labor.

These days, ▲ . Many welcome such courses and say it is necessary to teach young students basic life skills. Liu Fang, a mother of 6-year-old twins in Beijing, fully supports labor, education. For the past year, she has trained her daughters to do housework and make simple dishes for the family. “The purpose is to let them share duties as family members and become independent(独立的) as early as they can,” said Liu. “By doing housework, their hand-eye coordination, time management and organization skills can be trained and it’s also good to help them relax.” Through such education, Liu said her twins found fun in doing housework and became more independent.