陶行知常看到报纸上有“匪徒绑架勒索”“,拔刀相向,一死一伤”等报道,心里十分不安。他认为这些坏人兽性大发,人性泯灭,皆因贫穷愚昧而起,不用教育的力量去改造,他们怎能成为新人?他要去监狱讲课。监狱长不同意,陶先生说“:把人关起来,关不住心。只有进行教育,让他们懂道理,才 Tao Xingzhi often saw reports of “robbers kidnapped and ransacked” in the newspapers, “drawing their swords to each other, one dead and one injured” and other reports, and were very disturbed. He believes that these bad people have great fetishes and their humanity is annihilated. They are all due to poverty and ignorance. Without the power of education to reform, how can they become new people? He is going to teach in prison. The prison director disagreed. Mr. Tao said, "Keeping people up is not enough to keep them in mind. Only when they are educated, let them understand the truth.