There is a new school near Chennai, India. You might find students in a study room full of trees or a test kitchen. They aren't in an old-style(旧式的) classroom. The school wants to teach children how to be happy. Learning knowledge comes next. Learning for tests is not the only purpose of teaching.
"To be happy is very important to help people live a great life, " said Vivek Reddy from the Riverbend School. "If you think of old-style schools, the most important thing is learning knowledge. " said Danish Kurani, head of the new school. "But we want to give happy kids to the world. And let them go out into the world and do some good things. "
Students in the new school can pick the lessons they want to learn. Teachers help them learn how to think by themselves. The school also has rooms for films, music, art and dancing, and small shops where students can run their own businesses, The teachers want to make a difference to the education. Students can learn something more than knowledge.