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can be seen and heard everywhere. People hang the pictures of the national flag and the portraits of the presidents in almost each classroom. The deep love of the national flag is an important and essential part of the patriotic education for students. Everyday courses begin with singing the national anthem and swearing their loyalty to the national flag. When scho ols hold the rite of hoisting a flag, all the students put their hands on their chest with pious expressions. They say the words solemnly: “I am loyal to the national flag and the United States.” If the school holds any large activity, the first agenda is to play and sing the national anthem. “Life is just the best education”, America infiltrates the American spirit and the patriotic education in schools in this way. Ⅳ. The Enlightenment of American Patriotic Education The experience of the American patriotic education which well used for our reference. Each nation should establish a correct conception of patriotism in every class, receive correct education of patriotism from childhood, form and develop true patriotism. A. Enhancing the National Education of Self-respect, Self-confidence and Self-reliance The first point is to enhance the national education of self-respect, self-confidence and self-reliance. No doubt America is so successful in these aspects. It ascribes to the strong overall national strength. “Strength means charm”, it is a common reason and a powerful nation is an important mainstay for their people who have self-respect, self-confidence and self-reliance. So China must not only speed up the construction of economy, but also quicken the pace of striding forward into well-off society. We Chinese should recast the prosperity and brilliance of the Chinese nation and build such a powerful modernized socialist nation of wealth, mightiness, democracy and civilization, in which all people enjoy a wealthy, happy and nice life. It is the most important thing in the process of development in China. If a nation becomes powerful and its people become wealthy, the spirit of national self-respect, self-confidence and self-reliance will come true. B. Reinforcing the Education about the Consciousness and Sense of Duty of the Citizens The second point is to reinforce the education of the consciousness and sense of duty of the citizens. American educational administrative department has pointed out that the objective of the education of citizens is not only to cultivate the manner and belief of young people, who conforms to the demands of the social political system, but also to make clear the rights and duties of citizens. The final purpose is to cultivate “responsible citizens” among all the young students, which means, they should be patriotic and perform their duty for the nation. The Program for Implementation of Civil Morality Construction has been issued by the Chinese government for a short period of time. The construction of civil morality is under way. So at present the education of citizen in Chinese mainland has been under discussion of theory, it has not got into the classroom in school as a formal lesson of education. The education of citizens is a main part of the education of patriotism. The Constitution of People’s Republic of China provides the rights of labor, rest, education, and so on. It has also stipulated the duties of citizens. For example, people have the duty of safeguarding the unity of their nation and the unity of all nations in the