While chemistry is a subject commonly taught in schools, asking students to consume alcohol for grades is something that teachers should not teach their students. That’s what a teacher from Guizhou in southwest China has learned after he was punished for doing so.

Gu Ming, Traditional Chinese Medicine manufacturing teacher at Guizhou Anshun Vocational Institute has been removed from his position as teacher after asking students to drink alcoholic drinks in school, reports Shanghai Daily. Gu reportedly gave students different marks based on the amount of liquor that they can drink, the report said.

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Gu reportedly gave three different marks for different amounts of liquor, a student shared on social media website Weibo. Those who gulped a full glass of liquor gets a full 100 mark for their exam, those who drink half a glass get a 90 mark, and a little sip will get drinkers a 60 mark. Those who refuse to drink or even sip will get a failing grade.

Because of this, Gu’s students were seen drunk while on campus, said the school’s deputy director, Fu Guisheng. He also said that Gu might have meant the rating challenge as a ‘joke,’ but of course it did not go well with critics on the internet.

The liquor incident has sparked intense debates and discussions online, with some commenters bashing Gu for such an act. Others, on the other hand, sympathized with the teacher Gu, saying that the teacher only wanted to help students learn to get used to a ‘social practice.’

Another Weibo user, Lapingjun, said that many of the students may go to sales meetings, and the number of deals that they will be able to seal is determined by how much they can drink.

“There is a culture of gaining other people's trust and recognition through drinking,” Lapingjun explains, “which is sad but true."

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