It is unrealistic to cancel this course. No regime in the world will easily give up ideological education for its citizens. The lack of mainstream ideological education is very dangerous, especially for young people in the education stage. Instead of leaving them at a loss, it is better to set a "goal". Besides, the content of our ideological and political education generally adheres to the scientific spirit, and the Marxist materialism we teach is correct, positive and not wrong.

As for the political education you mentioned, private thinking is a form of education and a technical deviation in grasping the direction of education. Society needs positive energy, and teenagers need the correct guidance of the three views. The premise of cultivating civic awareness is to understand current politics. Part of Marxist philosophy is an important carrier to cultivate teenagers' logical thinking. Material determines consciousness and economic base determines superstructure, which is the root of all current social problems. For teenagers who know little about society and are in a confused state, rigid ideological education is more suitable than ideological liberalism. Isn't it more suitable for teenagers to learn to think and look at things dialectically than to get lost in many schools of thought? As for what belief to choose in the end, when they know how to see the world independently, even if you force them to believe in him, they may not believe it. That's true freedom.

Personally, I think how to turn the unpopular ideological and political education into a tool to inspire students to think about life, change indoctrination into guidance, and make ideological education more operable is the king.