"Happy education" is a popular concept in education in recent years. It emphasizes students' happiness, weakens the tendency of "exam first" and "utilitarianism" in traditional education, encourages students to study independently, finds and solves problems, and emphasizes the freedom, openness and diversity of learning. However, some people think that "happy education" is essentially "laissez-faire" for children, ignoring the importance of learning knowledge, and "laissez-faire" itself is not equal to happiness, which is contrary to the original intention of modern education.

First of all, happy education is not natural, but should give students more choices and autonomy on the premise of ensuring the learning effect. Happy education cannot replace the importance of students' learning knowledge. Even if scattered knowledge points can get happiness, it is difficult to help students understand the essence of things more deeply. Therefore, happiness education should pay attention to the systematization and coherence of knowledge, and stimulate students' interest in learning and self-learning ability by letting them learn independently, so as to learn knowledge more efficiently and achieve better results.

Secondly, happy education is not the same as fancy education. Fancy education emphasizes making students feel relaxed and happy, while happy education is to make students feel happy in their studies on the premise of ensuring the effectiveness of their studies. Happy education should pay attention to students' personalized education, help students find their own potential and advantages, tap students' characteristics, teach students in accordance with their aptitude, and let students feel the improvement of their self-worth in learning.

Finally, happy education should avoid "willfulness" and be standardized. Education needs proper norms, including making reasonable curriculum arrangements, setting appropriate examination forms, establishing effective evaluation standards and so on. Education should not simply let students go, but should find a balance between students' autonomy and standardization. Only in this way can students enjoy the learning process and acquire the necessary knowledge and skills.

To sum up, happy education can neither deny the importance of knowledge nor indulge students. Happy education should conform to the development trend of modern education, pay attention to cultivating students' autonomy and innovation, and at the same time, it should not be lax in norms. Only in this way can we better meet the needs of students and improve the quality of education.