At the beginning of this month, some media reported that the China Children’s Center was conducting registration for interest classes from the 5th to the 6th of this month. Due to limited places, hundreds of parents braved the severe cold and started attending the children’s center on the morning of the 4th. There were queues outside the gate and waits throughout the night.
In recent years, quality education has been continuously promoted, and interest classes have become popular. However, there are also some interest classes where children sign up, but the total number of signups does not reach the minimum number of people for the class. There are not enough people to start classes, but at the same time they are anxious to get their children to attend classes. This situation forces parents to turn to the Internet and use social applications to find like-minded children to join classes with. Now, with the popularity of the "Internet +" concept, some websites and mobile applications that focus on the concept of group purchase and class sharing are gradually attracting the attention of parents. There are gradually more ways to join classes, and parents are faced with more choices. A bit cautious and calm.
Post a message on the forum and the next day’s class assignment was successful
Ms. Liu’s son is in the first grade of junior high school this year. "I want to sign him up for a Chinese language class, because the child is weak in Chinese." Before the start of school in September, Ms. Liu had been inquiring about extracurricular classes and interest classes, and also went to many large education and training institutions for consultation, but she didn't find anything until October. "Either the time is not right, or the teacher is not right."
Not long after, Ms. Liu learned about a joint class from another parent, which made her overjoyed. "Their children are classmates of mine in elementary school. We always play together and have a good relationship. That's when he told me that he found a Chinese teacher from a prestigious school through a relationship and was the subject leader of the school. The teacher didn't want to be too public. , so I decided to recruit a few children to open a small class, starting from the first grade of junior high school, and teaching for three years.” When Ms. Liu got the news, she signed up for three children, including her son. “That class said it would start when there were six students, so we three parents had to start looking for people to join the class.” Ms. Liu didn’t want to post the news in the large WeChat group of parents, “I didn’t want everyone to know, and that The teacher asked for a low profile," so she decided to hold online classes. Before this, she had never posted a message about class splitting online. After thinking about it, she posted a post in a parent forum that she often went to. "I wrote in the post, please moderators not to kick me. I am not posting advertisements." "It's because I'm anxious to give my children a class."
After the post was posted, Ms. Liu checked the forum updates every half an hour. "The post was posted around 9 a.m., when parents were probably busy at work. During lunch break, the replies below the post came one after another. Some asked about the class location, some asked about the class time, and some asked about the price. There were a lot of text messages on the site, and they all came to ask. "The next morning, the joint class was successful, and two of the three children who signed up later entered the class through Ms. Liu's joint class information.
Later, while communicating with parents of other students, Ms. Liu learned that it has gradually become a trend to join extracurricular classes and interest classes. “Originally, I thought that other parents would not be able to accept this kind of temporary recruitment. Regarding the children's joint classes, I didn't expect that several parents told me that they think the joint classes initiated by the parents are relatively more reliable, because the initiator already has some understanding of the teachers and teaching quality, which is equivalent to passing the test. .”
Few of the responders had no choice but to give up on joining classes
There were also cases where joining classes was unsuccessful.
Ms. Wang’s daughter is in the fifth grade of elementary school this year. Last year, Ms. Wang wanted her daughter to take oral English classes with foreign teachers, so she began to inquire about relevant courses and teachers. "Finally, I felt that a training institution not far from our home was okay, so I went to consult. One class lasted for one and a half hours, and the price was 300 yuan." After the quotation, the training institution took the initiative to reveal to Ms. Wang that if she could raise the money herself, at least Classes can also be held for 3 children. "The price of the class will be adjusted according to the number of people. If 3 children take classes together, one class for one child will cost about 150 yuan."
Ms. Wang does not want her children to attend classes since childhood. The English she learns is “reciting words over and over, memorizing texts, and learning grammar. I hope she can open her mouth and speak. Including wanting her to take this foreign teacher class, I also hope to standardize her pronunciation and intonation and lay a good foundation for her spoken English.” ". Therefore, when she posted the information about co-classing in the forum, she specifically emphasized her original intention: "When two or three children are together, it is good for the foreign teacher to tell stories and so on. The children can also be happy and interested. The main purpose is to regulate Voice and intonation, if there are like-minded parents, please feel free to contact me.
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To her disappointment, there were very few responses in the next four days. Three or five parents contacted, but in the end it was either because the class time was not suitable or the class location was far away from them. . Originally, Ms. Wang hoped to successfully join the class within a week. “At that time, I thought it would not be difficult to find two more children, but I didn’t expect that I couldn’t find anyone to join the class. "
Later, Ms. Wang also gave up the foreign teacher classes at this institution. "One class cost 300 yuan. At that time, I thought what if other classes were also recruiting people? I thought I could give it another try, so I gave up the course. Anyway, that institution hadn't found any foreign teachers yet. ”
From finding institutions to take classes to choosing teachers to join classes
The phenomenon of parents posting information to find people to join classes has prompted some Internet companies to set their sights here. Nowadays, specialized joint classes or Tuition-sharing websites and related mobile applications are gaining more and more attention from parents. With the intervention of the Internet, parents can not only find classmates who attend classes with their children, but can even choose their favorite teachers. .
Miaomiao is 4 years old. Her mother, Ms. Zhao, recently posted information about finding a dance teacher through a mobile app. “It’s similar to the interest classes I had in mind before, but there are some differences. Same place. "Ms. Zhao said that she has tried many similar websites and mobile applications, and after comparing them several times, she found, "The most common parents send messages to arrange classes and use these new applications to arrange classes. It is best to pay attention to both. ”
She believes that the information on class pooling released by parents through chat groups, forums and other channels is relatively “more reliable, possibly of better quality, and with a higher class completion rate”, while the class pooling application Information is often released by teachers or some educational institutions. "There are indeed many types, and some prices can also be regarded as 'group purchase prices'. It is cheaper than signing up by yourself. The uncertainty is the quality of teaching. "
Now, Ms. Zhao has not chosen a dance teacher for Miao Miao, but she is not in a hurry, "Let's take a look first. I'm also looking for reviews online. Some teachers do have good reviews. Let's compare them first. Decide later. "
Class sharing reflects a more cautious mentality of parents
Recently, Sohu Education released the "White Paper on China's Education Industry". The survey lasted for more than three months and collected more than 20 valid samples. 10,000 copies.
The survey results show that most of the parents enroll their children in more than two extracurricular tutoring classes. 51.42% of the respondents said that the purpose of attending classes is to "improve basic skills." "" accounted for 24.41%, and 10.9% chose tutoring classes for the purpose of "cultivating top students." As for the type of courses, 39.07% studied specialties such as calligraphy, painting, dance, and vocal music, and 36.32% studied major subjects.
The mother of a 4-year-old boy said that about six months ago, she was one of the "tiger mothers", "I feel that so many parents around me send their children to learn piano and vocal music. If our children don't study, they will fall behind, and they may fall behind even more significantly when they go to school. "So, she signed up her son for piano lessons and tried one lesson, but found that her son was not interested at all. "Later, I also asked him to try vocal music. I like literary and artistic interests, but he prefers running and jumping. In the end, Just let him learn to swim. "The mother said that after changing interest classes several times, her attention to class information has changed. "In the past, I used my standards to find class information, but now I look at my children's interests, so I don't want to go to other classes." Be persistent in new classes, and sign up again when you find children who really like it and want to try it. "(Reporter Xi Nan)