First, the practical reasons for adolescent life education
Once upon a time, teenagers' life education attracted more and more attention, but some phenomena stung our nerves: some people were tired of learning, didn't make progress, and were addicted to the internet; Some people run away from home or even give up their lives when their lives are slightly unsatisfactory; People who commit crimes and even kill their parents are not uncommon. Parents lament that children are becoming more and more difficult to manage, and teachers feel that students are becoming more and more difficult to teach. We can't help asking, "What happened to our education?" Youth education seems to be in an unprecedented predicament and confusion. Investigate its reason, I think there are three main aspects:
First, there is an environment in society that endangers the healthy growth of teenagers. Education is not only the responsibility of educators, but also the responsibility of society! Every time I watch the news, my heart aches: the buds of life are polluted by exhaust gas before they bloom, leading to excessive blood lead; When children's lives need parents' care and instruction most, parents go far away for their livelihood, which makes life unable to be nourished by love and taught correctly. Looking around our society: bad Internet cafes appear in the streets of cities and villages, scammers use various methods, and corporate dishonesty is often reported in newspapers ... In this case, can school education make every student "invulnerable"? When people who help others are blackmailed, they dare not help the fallen old man again; When the discoverer was brought to court, Lacrimosa; Those who are brave and courageous are not treated and their lives are dying; ..... How should we educate our children? Mencius, an ancient thinker, believed that people have four hearts, namely, compassion, shame, right and wrong and resignation. Compassion is compassion and a manifestation of human nature. How can we talk about education when social mechanisms and social atmosphere make people afraid to show their original kindness? Sima Qian said: "If you are born with numbness, you can't help yourself." White sand is in the mud, as black as it is. "The environment. Based on this, Confucianism put forward the concept of enlightenment long ago, that is, civilization can transform the world through the weathering of politics and religion, thus forming an orderly and harmonious society. So-called: "American education, transfer to customs. "An uneducated people, no matter how rich the material is, can't feel the happiness of the soul!
Second, the wrong educational concept can't lead the life growth of teenagers. The essence of education is to pursue the Excellence of the soul, and the core lies in the cultivation of personality, that is, "how to make people become people." At this point, educators at all times and all over the world almost coincide. However, education in reality follows a strange logic: a good primary school is for a good junior high school, a good junior high school is for a good senior high school, a good senior high school is for a good university, a good university is for a good job, and a good job is for more tickets, more stylish cars, and higher positions and fame. The purpose of all this points to things beyond the essence of life, such as fame and fortune. All this is divorced from the essence of education.
The purpose of education is to cultivate people with excellent essence rather than excellent skills. People with excellent nature must be kind and sincere. The most essential difference between human and animals is that they have knowledge, spirit and righteousness. Xunzi said: "Fire and water are alive but not alive, plants are alive but ignorant, animals are aware but not intentional, and people are angry but knowledgeable and righteous, so they are the most expensive in the world." What is the meaning of righteousness? It includes cultural accomplishment and civilization, spiritual temperament and code of conduct. Therefore, education is essentially related to human life, for the beauty of human nature, for the happiness and joy of life. This should be the yardstick of our education, not just to make a living! However, our education leads people to the existence of biology and matter too much, only from the level of survival, but not from the level of life and life to enhance people's spiritual level and shape people's souls. Therefore, students will have a life of "taking the college entrance examination just to find a good job", and they will have the cry and hesitation of "being driven crazy by China education"! Therefore, some students can't find a goal in life when they go to college, and regard having a good job or having a house or a car as their ideal in life. Our education did not ignite hope, so that Yang Yuanyuan, a graduate student who committed suicide at Shanghai Ocean University, asked with his life, "Why can't knowledge change fate?"
The fundamental reason is the deviation of our social value judgment. In industrial society, our way of thinking and value judgment is "What do I have?" Not "What am I?" Therefore, people show infinite greed for material things, and people's desires are stimulated by material interests and expand infinitely, forgetting "what am I?" When people's hearts are blinded by material interests, it is not just education that is lost!
Third, the education evaluation mechanism is not reasonable enough, and some teachers cannot bear the responsibility of life education. Our assessment mechanism revolves around the enrollment rate, and the current assessment mechanism is basically quantitative assessment. In fact, life can't be quantified, and so can moral education. It is common sense that people are born with differences, both in physique and IQ. And our education evaluation mechanism is "one size fits all", and the quality of grades becomes the standard of life. Teachers under this system are doomed to be miserable, because they not only have to complete various assessment indicators, but also bear the expectations and responsibilities of parents and society. Primary and secondary school teachers who have "unlimited responsibility" for education are "busy", like a top, overdrawing their health in their busyness. They are faced with endless fierce competition. Every teacher is afraid that his students can't compete with others, interpersonal tension and alienation are inevitable, and it is difficult for education to form a joint force. Teachers under "high pressure" are inevitably nervous and anxious. It is reported that at least 70% middle school teachers are in sub-health state. How can a painful teacher teach a happy student! The students are miserable. Regardless of their academic qualifications and IQ, in order to get a ticket to a good school, they must work hard in the ocean of knowledge. In order to avoid safety accidents, some schools even canceled the spring outing and autumn outing that students expect every year! The result is not satisfactory. Many students who have received Chinese education for more than ten years can't write a qualified article in college, and they have lost the direction of life without the examination system in middle school. Even internet addiction and suicide are often seen in newspapers. Education under this system conveys "intellectuals" to the society, not "wisdom" and "virtue", not people in a complete sense. Under this system, middle school teachers cannot undertake the "bounden duty" of education. What is "teaching"? There is a saying in The Doctrine of the Mean: "Practice is only for teaching". When teachers only "seek food" but not "seek Tao", when teachers' learning and literacy cannot be improved, and when teachers' lives are anxious and eager for quick success, how can they use their lives to conserve their lives? What's more, the case of cheating in the college entrance examination in Songyuan, Jilin shows us that teachers, as educators, can be accomplices of cheaters and take the lead in setting an example. What is more destructive to education itself than the crime of "engineer of human soul"?
To sum up, if teenagers want to get rid of the predicament, they must prescribe the right medicine, otherwise they can't eradicate the root cause! It is far from enough for life education to rely solely on the efforts of schools and educators. Life education concerns all of us! Family, school and society must be trinity and multi-pronged, so as to eradicate the bad soil that causes a series of problems for teenagers and create a social environment conducive to their growth. First of all, the government guides citizens to be good from the system and policy, assumes the responsibility of education, and officials set an example for the whole people; While pursuing economic profits, enterprises should bear corresponding social responsibilities, and the competent authorities should change the education evaluation mechanism to return education to its original essence. Secondly, parents do their duty of family education, carefully cultivate and teach their children, set an example and be the person they want their children to be! Thirdly, the school creates a good environment and atmosphere, teaches students to be human and do things, cultivate themselves and be sensible, and teachers keep a broad mind and natural principles to continuously improve students' learning and literacy. Life education can shine!