Like other colonizers, the French also thought that they were on a
civilizing mission. Thus the Tonkin Free School was opened to give
Western education. The school taught science, hygiene and French,
other than the common subjects. For these three subjects the students
had to attend evening classes and also pay separately. The students
were not only made to attend these classes but they were asked to
sport modern looks too. A typical example of this was that Vietnamese
were asked to cut off their long hair and adopt a short hair cut which
was absolutely against their culture.
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