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    At a school of Xi'an, 40 pupils were not Young Pioneers. They had to wear green scarves, because their schoolwork was not good.
    "Some classmates in my grade and all the pupils in higher grades wear red scarves, but I have to wear a green one,” a grade-one pupil said. The parents thought it wasn't right to make some pupils wear green scarves. "After wearing a green scarf, my child doesn't like to play with her friends," said a mother.
    “We thought that it can make them study harder,” said Chen Hong, the school's principal (校长). “We did not think some parents would dislike it. We let the better pupils wear red scarves first, and gave the others green ones to encourage them to get a red scarf next time. We didn't want to let the students feel sad. ” Chen Hong said.