Holidays become a "training period" for children.
Since the beginning of July, Hao Hao, who lives in Changgang Road, Jianghan District, Wuhan, has to go to a training institution in Sanyang Road to have a math class every day, and then take the light rail to the subway for two hours and then have an English class in another training institution in Huaqiao.
"Almost every day since the summer vacation." Hao Hao told reporters that he wished to enter a high-quality private junior high school after graduating from primary school this year. I thought I could have a good time this summer vacation without doing my homework, but I didn't expect this summer vacation to be "sad" than any previous summer vacation. First, his mother enrolled him in a junior high school math and English cram school, which lasted until the end of July. Haohao thought she could catch her breath in August, but her mother heard that there was a placement exam after entering junior high school. In order to be admitted to the "fire-divided class", she found another "training class" at the beginning of her name, which focuses on the placement examination, and this "training class" lasts for eight days, four and a half hours a day.
Many training institutions have slogans such as "work hard for a summer vacation and start school as a master" and "it will be very sad to start apprenticeships if you don't work hard during the summer vacation". The reporter saw in many teaching and training institutions in Wuhan that parents and students were constantly flowing during class. "Getting into a good school is the first step. I entered a good school, but I couldn't enter a good class, and I was distracted. " In the interview, some parents said this.
There are many training institutions in Guangdong Education City on Huanshi East Road in Guangzhou, which has become the second "school" for children in summer.
Han Han, a primary school student in Guangzhou, told reporters that she will be promoted to the fourth grade when school starts in September. Her mother said that she would prepare all kinds of cups. In summer, besides attending cram schools, she also practices piano, calligraphy and dance. From 9: 00 a.m. to 4: 00 p.m., more than six hours a day are fully booked, because in order to catch up with the Olympic math class starting at noon 12, she can only buy a box lunch or chew bread nearby, and sometimes she can only rest during the break.
"Drive away" and "lead" educational ideas to snatch away happy summer vacation
"In the summer vacation, I reported my son to the' Robot Learning' cram school, which taught junior high school physics knowledge beyond the scope of primary school knowledge, as well as some Internet information technologies, which are said to be related to future entrance examinations." Ms. Zhang, who lives in Hanyang, said that the child will be in the sixth grade in autumn and will soon face the pressure of junior high school. "Parents often follow suit, and their children's classmates are in class. If their children don't go, they are afraid of falling behind. " Ms. Zhang told reporters: "The competition in junior high schools is no less than that in junior high schools. If children don't work hard to get ahead, they won't be able to attend key junior high schools. If they don't attend key high schools, it will be difficult for them to be admitted to key universities. This series of chain reactions will affect their lives. "
The reporter randomly interviewed a number of parents "whether they will interfere with their children's summer vacation arrangements", and 60% of parents gave a positive answer. As for how to plan their children's summer vacation, more than 70% of the parents interviewed chose to urge their children to make various learning plans. Many parents interviewed chose to enroll in various interest classes and talent classes, enroll in various cram schools and sprint classes, and buy various teaching AIDS to urge their children to complete.
The Blue Book of Guangdong Youth Social Education released by Guangdong Youth Social Education Association in 20 16 shows that 60% of families in the Pearl River Delta region spend more than 5,000 yuan on youth social education every year, of which 35% spend more than 10000 yuan, and nearly 10% spend more than 20,000 yuan annually.
"Now there is a popular saying that summer vacation is used to widen the gap. Mei, director of the Chinese teaching and research department of Wuhan (Huayuan) middle school with 20 years of teaching experience, said that passive advanced learning is easy to cook raw meals. Many students who have attended preparatory classes will think that they have studied once, so they will not pay attention to the lectures in class.
"In the final analysis, our education evaluation system has always been too single. According to the standard of score ranking, every parent wants to make their children rank high, because children can go to better schools with a few more points. " Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, believes that although the education department has always emphasized the importance of summer vacation, it seems that its role is still limited. At present, the single evaluation standard and the competition for further studies at different stages make parents have to spend money and bother to find various make-up classes under invisible pressure.
Let the children really enjoy the summer vacation.
"The original intention of the summer vacation is to let students change their lifestyles, adjust their status and do something they like during this time." Chu Zhaohui said that the phenomenon that parents frequently send their children to cram schools and training classes violates the law of children's growth and squeezes the space for independent activities of primary and secondary school students.
Zhu Boming, a primary school teacher in Guilin, Guangxi, believes that the key for parents to enroll their children in summer remedial classes is whether they are interested. Take your children out for a trip, or guide them to read, play the piano and practice calligraphy at home. Are all good ways to learn. "Summer vacation is not just a place for cram schools. Children can learn a lot through various forms. "
Mei Lizhen reminded that if parents take a long-term view, they should make full use of the summer vacation to improve their children's comprehensive quality. They don't have to worry about learning more and learning less for the time being. After all, life is a long-distance running, and it is possible to run farther and longer by practicing "physique".
Many educators call for a free summer vacation for children. This is not only a problem for parents to consider, but also the responsibility of the whole society. Return the summer vacation to the children, so that the children can be fully adjusted and strengthen physical exercise, and they can also increase their knowledge and cultivate their interest, laying a good foundation for the next stage of study.
Return the summer vacation to the children. Without a full summer life, children can't actively participate in learning when they start school, which is not worth the candle.