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Describe the ideas behind the Tonkin Free School. To what extent was it a typical example of colonial ideas in Vietnam?

Answer:

The Tonkin Free School was started in Vietnam in 1907 to provide western style education.

The school's approach was that to be modern it was not enough to learn science and have western ideas but the Vietnamese also had to look modern.

For this the school encouraged the students to adopt western styles such as short-hair cut (because traditional Vietnamese kept long hair).