Ms. Chen, a parent, recently contacted a reporter and reported that after the last class with her daughter in Grade One, she found that there was a lot of waste in education, and many brand-new teaching AIDS and exercise books were discarded without use. "It is said that money is not bad for children's education", but it does not mean that it should be wasted at will. And there are many students, and if everyone does this, the number is quite amazing. Does the "educational waste" mentioned by Ms. Chen exist? Why is it caused? Our reporter conducted an investigation and interview.
Every family has a difficult experience, and parents have more sympathy.
In response to the phenomenon mentioned by Ms. Chen, the reporter also interviewed many parents of primary and secondary school students. Unexpectedly, this kind of educational waste resonated with parents.
Ms. Song, whose daughter is in the fifth grade of primary school, said: "The English textbooks distributed by the school are accompanied by tapes, which is a complete waste. Who will use them? " Teachers turn them into audio files and send them to us in the group; And art class. I want to buy Chinese painting pigments this week and gouache pigments, plasticine, painted pottery, colored paper and so on next week. After a while, there are brushes, ink and color palette. I only used it once or twice, and then I threw it away. It's really a waste to kill the paint and then buy it again. "
After the senior high school entrance examination, xu teacher, the parents of Grade Three students, is helping his son deal with old books these days, but there are actually many new books in this pile of "old books". The Complete Book of Junior Middle School Mathematics Final Exam, the List of Junior Middle School Chemistry Knowledge, and the Strategies and Skills of Getting High Scores in Chinese Reading are all brand-new. "The little guy hasn't turned it over yet, so he sold it to the junkyard. What a waste. " In fact, the reporter found in the interview that almost all parents of middle school students admit that they have "lying guns" when they buy less teaching AIDS. "Huanggang Middle School, AB volume, experimental class, etc. Who hasn't bought it?" A mother said: "It's just one thing for parents to buy or not, and it's another thing for babies to do or not."
Why can't "books" make the best use of everything?
Teachers and students explain "laziness"
For the waste phenomenon in parents' mouths, the reporter went deep into primary and secondary schools to interview. "From the perspective of our primary school, we use national textbooks and supplementary workbooks, and there should be no idleness. Every primary school student's exercise books are distributed according to grade and on demand. Basically, it will be used in one semester. If there are too many, leave them for children to use on vacation. " Teacher Chen Min of Canglang Experimental Primary School said.
What is the situation in middle school? "It is true that some teaching materials will be abandoned because they are not of high quality or do not conform to academic conditions." A junior high school Chinese teacher who asked not to be named said, "Compared with primary schools, the learning situation of middle school students is very different, and the pressure of the senior high school entrance examination is also great. The free exercise books distributed by some textbooks are too shallow and easy for children with average academic level, so they can only be ordered by others; In addition, there are many subjects in middle schools, and all kinds of supporting teaching AIDS should be used. There are not enough class hours, so students have no time to do it. They can often only be abandoned and idle, resulting in serious waste. "
Huang Suxin, vice president of No.24 Middle School, told reporters that teachers often choose some suitable and high-quality topics for their children to do in their exercise books, so some teaching AIDS seem empty, but in fact they come in handy. "The writers of supplementary books should consider the proportion of basic questions, extended questions and difficult questions from the perspective of the audience as a whole, but the situation and needs of each class and student are different, and the teachers' emphasis on the use of these supplementary books is also different. Therefore, it is not a waste to be biased. "
There are also a large number of extracurricular teaching AIDS and exercise books purchased by parents themselves. Many middle school students complain that there is a kind of "buy buy Buy" that parents find "useful". Xiao Xu, a junior high school student, told reporters that after every important exam, there will be more reference books on his desk. "For example, in the initial test, if the big math problem is not done well, they will buy back the' finale'; The Chinese reading score in the mid-term exam was low, and the next night, there was an encyclopedia of reading skills ... Moreover, if a schoolmaster's parents bought books, they would definitely go to the cultural market in buy buy ... ""The ultimate fate of these books is to tie them up and sell them back to second-hand collectors at brand-new low prices. It is also a waste to think about it. " Xiao Xu lamented that there was a lot of homework at school, and there were various cram schools on weekends. "How can we have time to deal with so many reference books and problem books?" ! "
Reflection: Education is "not bad for money" but "will spend money"
During the interview, many parents also admitted that to a large extent, the purchase of buy buy is a kind of "psychological comfort": "I can't help my children, so I think other students have it, so I also buy it; If the teacher recommends it, of course, buy more; If you don't buy it, it seems that the child will suffer. " "If one or two questions happen to be done in the senior high school entrance examination, it is worth it; I don't have time to do it, just look through it. It won't cost much to buy this book anyway. "
"For children's learning,' not bad money' is a very common mentality of parents. Compared with tens of thousands of yuan in class fees, extra-curricular teaching AIDS are just' small things'. But think about it, the group of primary and secondary school students is huge, and each child wastes a little money, which adds up to an amazing number. " Huang Suxin said. She suggested that parents should adjust their mentality, objectively analyze their children's academic facts, avoid blind conformity and high expectations, and give more trust to children and teachers. "It is better to pay more attention to children's efforts, the construction of study habits, and the ability to plan time than just buying in buy buy." She also pointed out that "not short of money" does not mean "not wanting too much". "Parents who stay at the stage of' buying in buy buy' are shirking their responsibilities to some extent. It is precisely because there is no shortage of money that parents should spend more rationally in this respect: if necessary, they can communicate with teachers, listen carefully to children's opinions, purchase them in a targeted manner, and use them effectively, fully and thoroughly after purchase. "
In view of some "abandoned" national textbooks in schools, some teachers suggested that relevant departments should do more research, keep pace with the times according to the different levels of regions or students, and provide more scientific, better and more selective menus. In fact, today, children's education "money is not bad" has become a consensus. How to spend money on education reasonably and scientifically, whether it is the country, the education administrative departments at all levels or every parent, is a subject worth studying.