"exactly the same, really exactly the same!" Yesterday morning, the reader Mr. Fang called the hotline: "After reading the brick boy reported in today's Express, it is too similar to the experiences of two friends around me. It is also Zhang Qingyi and a new education! "
A friend of Mr. Fang also asked his children to drop out of school to receive a "new education". "At that time, the child was only in the third and fourth grades, and his grades were very good. Neither the teacher nor the school agreed to drop out of school. Her mother asked for leave at first, but later she simply didn't want to be a student. The school can't persuade it at all, and it's useless for relatives to do evil. "
Mr. Fang said that the child has now left the "new education" because "after studying for four or five years, the teacher has nothing to teach." According to common sense, the child has reached the age of high school, but because he has no student status, his knowledge system does not conform to the normal curriculum. "Can only go to work, what diploma all have no, can you find a good job? The strangest thing is that parents have no regrets at all! "
"I have a friend. I sent my children to kindergarten and didn't go to normal school all day. It has been seven or eight years now, and we advised them not to listen. " At ordinary times, when friends get together, Mr. Fang will also meet this child who is studying in the "new education". He observed carefully that this child has almost no common language with other children studying at school, and the content in the school textbook has basically not been learned. "I heard that there are no books in this' new education' class, but I have to read the Analects of Confucius, the Three Character Classics and the Tao Te Ching since I was a child."
"Of course, there are also good places, such as not being nearsighted, which is rare among fifth-grade children. His body is very strong, because he has to walk 50 kilometers a week, just like moving bricks. There is also a strong self-care ability. The' new education' requires them to wash clothes and cook by themselves from the age of 8. "
Mr. Fang said that over the years, his friends have been urging him to send his children to receive a "new education." "The charge for' new education' is not cheap. Tuition, food and accommodation add up to at least 75,000 a year, generally around 65,438+10,000. "
Today, Zhang Qingyi set up a school. Changjiang Business Daily reported on April 22, 2009.
Last summer, Zhang Qingyi's "New Education" held a two-day parents' sharing meeting in Zhejiang, and hundreds of parents came from all over the country to attend classes. Under the lobbying of friends, Mr Fang attended one of the lectures with curiosity. "In a school, the weather is very hot, the whole lecture hall is full of people, and with children. The main content is the criticism of the current education system. First, a person in charge introduced the school-running concept of "New Education", and then several teachers shared why they resigned from a prestigious school to teach at "New Education". Parents are easily infected by the atmosphere. "
"I didn't see Zhang Qingyi at the scene, and even suspected that the friend who sent the children to the' new education' had never seen him in person. I was particularly impressed by the words of the person in charge-there is not a book. He said that owning a book is illegal to run a school. " Mr. Fang said.
Another move by a friend also made Mr. Fang a little panicked. "In addition to the' new education', Zhang Qingyi also joined the stock market with his parents. They have a special WeChat stock group, which seems to charge 1000 per month. A friend said that children can join the group without going to the' new education', and Zhang Qingyi is in the group, and will release some stock information to guide parents in stock trading. But as far as I know, my friend lost more than 2 million in stock trading. In addition to the stock market group, there are similar healthy groups, and they all have a near-worship psychology for Zhang Qingyi. "
Who's Zhang Qingyi?
Why run a "new education" school?
He is a native of Yunnan, formerly known as Zhang. Parents like to call him "Tsing Yi Shan Tou". 1980, Zhang Qingyi was admitted to Wuhan University of Water Resources and Electric Power (later merged into Wuhan University). After working in the power plant for several years, he was admitted to the philosophy graduate school of Wuhan University. After graduation, he stayed there to teach. He used to be a lecturer in public philosophy at the School of Political Management of Wuhan University. In the meantime, Zhang Qing went into business, founded "Today's Electrical Appliances" and served as the president of an industry association of Wuhan Electrical Appliances.
In an interview with the media, Zhang Qingyi mentioned many times that "running a school by himself is the credit of his son".
"In 2003, my son was 5 years old and was attending a large kindergarten class, but his son's comprehensive performance was poor in the eyes of kindergarten teachers. He doesn't listen to his teacher and is always criticized by him. In the teacher's eyes, the child is not clever, but I don't think so. I don't think my son is stupid. " Zhang Qingyi took his son home and started his son's private school education with the "all-media fast learning method" he studied.
Although many relatives and friends expressed opposition at that time, after one or two years, my son made remarkable progress in learning and being a man. Some friends also began to try to get Zhang Qing to teach their children. Subsequently, Zhang Qingyi founded "Today School" in 2005.
What is "new education"?
There are currently 7 schools in Zhejiang.
What is "new education"? Zhang Qingyi believes that most of the students trained in traditional compulsory education are "products of examinations", while the education mode of his school emphasizes "human" education, with no homework and no examinations, which is based on improving children's thinking ability, cultivating living standards and exercising physical fitness.
Zhang Qingyi once introduced that the core of the education he admired is: first, the establishment of physical and mental health and values, which is the basis of happiness and achievement in life; Second, learn to adapt to life and society, learn to do things, and learn to manage yourself; Third, stimulate interest and enthusiasm, and actively study; Fourth, the cultivation of thinking ability, learn to think independently; Fifth, finally, how to learn knowledge and how to take exams. Only by following this procedure can a child's life be built on a solid foundation, and even if his later goals are not achieved, he will have a happy life. Simply put, "the university can not take the exam, and the body and mind must be healthy; A diploma can be dispensed with, with both ability and political integrity. "
Schools pursuing the concept of "new education" are all over the country. On the website of "New Education", there is an incomplete list of Tang Xue, with 55 in the whole country, and the most is Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Henan and Shandong. Among them, there are 7 in Zhejiang Province, which are distributed in Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing and Jinhua.
There is no unified name for these 55 schools, some are called schools, some are called academies, and some are called home schools. However, the educational ideas pursued are the same, and they are all "new education" advocated by Zhang Qingyi.
Schools are also graded. Some schools with long running time and a large number of teachers will get higher grades.
For example, in a list recently published on the website, there are four Grade A schools, among which Xingzhi School, which was run by Shenzhen 20 13, scored the highest, with eight teachers. Seven B-level schools are scattered in Qingdao, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin and other places. There is an enlightened school in Hangzhou (the one that Express reporter visited yesterday), which started in June 2065438+2005 and has two teachers.
How did the "new education" school start?
We can learn a thing or two from some records. In his blog, Zhang Qingyi once wrote several letters between his parents and him. A mother wants to be a teacher in today's school. Zhang Qingyi suggested that she start her own school. After several rounds of communication, my mother really prepared a school. One parent said that local schools are similar to joining the "new education". Understanding and learning the concept of "new education" is equivalent to doing basic training before starting.
When the reporter who reported Zhang Qingyi said:
I haven't been in touch for years.
Wuhan is the place where Zhang Qingyi studied for many years, and his road to running a school also began here.
The local media in Wuhan have been paying attention to the former Wu Da teacher and now the leader of "new education". In March 2006, a reporter from Wuhan Evening News visited his "Today's School". In 2008, Wuhan Morning Post interviewed Zhang Qingyi and published "Traditional Education of Cool Dad" to introduce his parenting experience. In 2009, Changjiang Business Daily visited Today's School for many times and interviewed Zhang Qingyi, and wrote Today's School: A Private School Subverting Traditional Education.
On March 5, 2006, Wuhan Evening News wrote in the report "Today's School" that the tuition here is 15 thousand a year.
Ms Liu's daughter, Jia Jia, is 9 years old and has been in school for one semester. Previously, Jia Jia studied in a public primary school. Jia Jia entered a private school, many family members objected, but Ms. Liu insisted.
Ms. Liu, 30, opened a hotel and earned a lot of money. "My education is not high, but reality tells me that education does not fully represent a person's ability. First of all, I hope that children will study happily, and secondly, their abilities in all aspects will be exercised and improved. " She took the child out of the public school, mainly because the math teacher talked to her shortly after the child entered school and said that the child had some mental problems. At the same time, her daughter enters the training class every day after school, which makes her very distressed.
By chance, Ms. Liu listened to Zhang Qingyi's class and sent the child over. Now, what Ms. Liu is most happy about is that the child's repressed nature on campus has been released and she is very happy every day.
Another child, Yang Yang, is a sixth grader, who is about to face the junior high school entrance examination. His mother is a Chinese teacher in a key primary school in Hanyang, and his father is a university teacher. Both parents agree with the school's philosophy.
At present, Yang Yang still retains his school status. In the junior high school exam, he will go back to school to take the exam to get a middle school status. Although the content taught by the school is completely different from that taught by the school, Yang Yang's mother is full of confidence that her children can successfully pass the entrance examination. Yang Yang's mother told reporters that Yang Yang studied in school for one semester and returned to school to take the exam at the end of last semester, with good results.
Yesterday, the reporter of Express contacted the reporter of Wuhan Evening News who first interviewed Zhang Qingyi. He has known Zhang for many years and said, "I haven't contacted Zhang for many years, and he has left Wuhan for many years. I used to be a lecturer at Wu Da University. After I came out to run a private school, I didn't get along well in all aspects. Ask him if you have any questions. "
We tried to contact Zhang Qingyi according to his mobile phone number, but his mobile phone was always turned off.