I called and asked about the price. One or two thousand is the lowest, ranging from three to five thousand, and even tens of thousands of dollars are enough. Moreover, they are always taught by xx key middle schools. I don’t know how many seniors there are in this school. Teacher, in such a big city of Beijing, "Who can judge whether it is true or false?" Wang Jing said to me: "In the end, I decided to apply for a class that has the largest number of participants in my child's class and is loved by classmates with good grades. I went to the tutoring class. It's better to just follow the crowd than to take advantage of me." The holiday started on January 17th, and the intense holiday life started on the 18th. Her family's "holiday schedule" is as follows - Wang Jing gets up at 6:30 in the morning, warms up a glass of milk, and then makes a simple sandwich for her children, with a fried egg sandwiched between two slices of bread. There has been an outbreak of bird flu recently, so if you don’t have eggs, just add ham... At 6:40, wake up the children. During the holidays, classes start later than before, but the journey is far. To get to the tutoring class from home, you have to take the subway and then change to a bus. At 8:10, the child has to get there. Morning classes are from 8:30 to 11:45. At noon, Wang Jing gave her child 10 to 20 yuan for meals. Sometimes her son would eat a box lunch, and sometimes he would go to a nearby "Chengdu Snack" shop with his classmates to buy a bowl of noodles. Hygiene is not guaranteed, and we don't dare to expect to be as formal as the school cafeteria, just to fill our stomachs. The afternoon classes started from 13:00 to 17:00, which was the peak time for adults to get off work, so they also finished class. Sometimes extra classes are required in the evening. For example, if the physics class cannot be finished, it will last until eight or nine o'clock in the evening. There is no need to pay extra, just about 1,500 yuan per holiday. The reason why this tutoring class has a good reputation may also be due to this factor. Usually, children get home at 18 o'clock, and then they eat dinner and watch TV, which makes them feel confused. They take a shower to refresh themselves before catching up on school homework. Such days last until January 28, New Year's Eve. In the evening, Wang Jing took her son to her grandmother’s house for New Year’s Eve dinner. Although they live in the same city as their grandma, they are usually busy with homework and work, so they can only make phone calls to hear voices, and there are really not many opportunities to meet. It took a lot of effort for people across generations to get together, and it was so close. When grandma took out the new year's money, they got even closer. The son hugged grandma and shouted: "Mom, hurry up! Take a picture of me and grandma!" Wang Jing felt a little sad. Even after the holidays, his son still did his homework every day. Family ties with grandchildren have become a rarity; my mother is almost 80 years old and is in poor health. How much time can she spend with her children and grandchildren? Wang Jing originally expected An Ansheng to celebrate the Chinese New Year and use this time to give herself and her child some rest. Unexpectedly, her son started complaining about a sore throat on the first day of the new year. By the second day of the new year, his throat was so sore that it was difficult to speak. On the third day of the new year, he had to go to the hospital for treatment. doctor. The doctor said that the bronchitis was caused by a cold, and the faster treatment was "intravenous drip". Wang Jing said, I think the homework in the previous period was too tight, and the big and small exams made him "irritated". This problem became apparent as soon as he relaxed. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, my son said that his elementary school classmates were going to have a gathering, and they would only talk about "old times" in the "Water Bar". Wang Jing saw that the child was pitiful and had not played for a day since the winter vacation, so she "approved" it with numerous instructions. As a result, my son and a group of high school seniors who had also finally escaped from home got together and had a great time. They first visited a temple fair and then watched "King Kong" for three hours. After having fun, when I got home, my voice was almost the same as before the injection. You can imagine how the next "year" will go... On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, two days later, the tutoring class started again. On the first day, Wang Jing calmed down her emotions and let her son continue to rest. The next day, she lost her composure. She held a heavy class schedule in one hand. Most of the courses on it were her son's weaknesses. She flipped through the light calendar cards with the other hand and watched the days fly by. There was not much time left in the senior year of high school. Finally, he gritted his teeth and let his coughing and wheezing son get into the wind and snow to attend tutoring classes. Wang Jing said, I can't bear to let my children work so hard, but the college entrance examination is a major event in life. Now the competition is so fierce and everyone else is working hard. If you don't work hard, you won't learn.
I asked her how effective it was for her children to attend social tutoring classes. Wang Jing said she didn’t know yet. Of course, it would be best to make up classes at the school. On the one hand, teachers know the students’ situation and can provide targeted guidance; on the other hand, the school charges fees. Point of view, as parents, we also spend our money wisely; and the most important thing is safety. It is better to keep our children in school than to spread them out into the society. Those Internet cafes and bars may seduce our children. Parents Doesn’t spending money buy suffering? It is reported that there are many parents who hold this attitude. Since the college entrance examination has been moved forward from July to June, one month of study time has been lost. However, the volume and difficulty of the college entrance examination papers have not been reduced, so it is even more overwhelming for many children. Parents are also struggling with helplessness and helplessness. As a result, some parents of a school in Shenyang collectively wrote to the education department asking for make-up classes during the school holidays. Speaking of this, Wang Jing's cell phone rang. A text message popped up in front of my eyes: xx social education institution provides middle school students with "college entrance examination champions" to accompany them in reading and writing winter vacation homework, and develops examination plans for middle school and high school candidates. New hope arose in Wang Jing's heart... Wu Yongmei: Off-campus education should widen the differences among students Zhang Xian On the morning of February 11, Wu Yongmei was giving lectures to students in a children's palace in Xicheng District, Beijing. There are about a dozen students in the classroom. Some of them are discussing in groups around the long table, while others are sitting in front of the easel and sketching intently. Wu Yongmei walked to the student to look at his works and gave some guidance, and then chatted with the parents who accompanied the student about their children's learning. Next to a girl in green clothes who was drawing a sketch, Wu Yongmei stopped, pointed at her painting and said to the parents and classmates around her: "Her painting is very good, and it gives people a strong overall feeling." , the sketch relationships are all correct, but some are not handled well. Children lack the concept of space when they first draw, so what should we practice? Once there is a shelf, then fill in the content. Done." An eleven or twelve-year-old girl held up a sketch she had just drawn in front of her: "Teacher Wu, what do you think of my painting?" "You are good at it, but there is one thing. Please note that when you draw three tables of people playing bridge indoors, you should make the characters in the front more solid and the characters in the back more virtual. You should have a sense of layering. Go and see how I deal with the virtuality and solidity drawn by others on my computer. "It was almost 12 o'clock at noon, and the classmates and parents left one after another. Only a lady with a little girl had not left. She said to Wu Yongmei: "Teacher, this is the first time I have brought my child to see you. "You see, my child is 8 years old and is learning piano, mathematics, and English. Now he also wants to learn painting." She said to Wu Yongmei as if asking for help: "To be honest with you, we don't expect our child to become a musician." As an artist, I just want my children to develop in all aspects from an early age. Is this okay? " "But you know, it's your idea to develop, but there are many problems in reality that are different from imagination. First, it's so small. Your child has to learn so many things, which may cause her to spend most of her energy in extracurricular activities, which in turn restricts her learning. Second, do you find that there is anything particularly outstanding about her that the parents want her to learn? Or does she really have expertise in this area? I have seen many children of this age whose parents ask them to learn a lot, but in the end they learn nothing. I feel that as long as children concentrate on learning, it is possible to do impossible things. On the contrary, if you learn everything, the possible things may become impossible.” Wu Yongmei graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Beijing Institute of Education and has been teaching children’s art for 28 years. When talking about the characteristics of her work, Wu Yongmei said: "The school teachers' lectures follow the national education syllabus, which emphasizes collective education, while off-campus education is individual education, which emphasizes systematization and concreteness. School teachers are very important to a Students in the class have uniform requirements; off-campus education is to widen the differences between students. This difference is to allow each student to develop his or her best potential, rather than making everyone the same. I want to make each student more like himself, rather than making them all uniform.
Therefore, even if you are outstanding in painting, it is still competitive for students with special talents to go to key middle schools. Zhong Ling understood that if she wanted to go to a good middle school, and then get into a good high school or a good university, she couldn't just paint. In addition to painting, she was also admitted to the experimental class of Beijing Xicheng Foreign Languages ??School and took two math classes and two English classes every Sunday, from 8:30 to 11:40 in the morning. Not only does she not feel it is a burden, but she is quite proud: "It is not easy to get into this experimental class. You can't get it by paying money. You have to pass an exam." In addition, she attends this class every week. In the afternoon, I have to go to another cram school to take Cambridge English classes. Zhong Ling's academic performance is among the top in the class. The school courses are very easy for her and she can finish her homework in half an hour every day. But when talking about the Cambridge English classes she attended outside school, her tone showed anxiety: "Many students in our class have begun to attend public English classes. I am currently studying Cambridge English Level 3, which is relatively late. Although she said she did not feel any pressure, at such a young age, she still had a sense of crisis when talking about her future path to higher education: "Although there is no need to take an exam from primary school to junior high school, it is very difficult for a student with special talents to choose a good school." It’s difficult. Many students in our class are taking various training courses, learning English, mathematics, physical education, and music. What if I don’t go to a good school?”
Ms. Zhang: It is so necessary for children to attend tutoring classes. Zhang Xian: "I have been calling you all day at work. I have asked about several winter vacation tutoring classes. Some English classes are full, and some math classes are full. If you want to attend, just English , math, and Chinese. ""Why? I don't need to take other classes if I'm good at it." "You have a score of 76 in English, okay? ""good! It’s just good! "Your grades are not enough. Nowadays, any score below 80 in key schools is considered a failure." "I am a good person. I am an average student in our class." "Can it be considered upper-middle class?" I think it's at most approximately equal. "Squabbles like this often happened between Hanhan and her mother, Ms. Zhang. A few days after going to work after the Spring Festival in 2006, Ms. Zhang saw a newspaper advertisement for a good math class, saying that there were six children in a class, and they could get free tutoring every day. He taught for two hours every Saturday. Ms. Wang contacted her immediately, but she found out that the tuition fee was 800 yuan per month, with an average of 100 yuan per class hour. As an ordinary engineer, Ms. Zhang said: " How can we salarymen have so much money? And this is just one subject. If you have to take English, Mathematics, and Chinese, you might as well not eat or drink. "Having no choice but to ask about other classes. In fact, the fees for various off-campus tutoring classes and simultaneous improvement classes that Hanhan has participated in since she was in elementary school have accumulated to a huge amount. Cambridge English Level 3 alone, It cost six to seven thousand yuan, and there were also Mathematical Olympiad classes, which cost one to two thousand yuan per semester. Ms. Zhang also found a tutor, and tutoring from a famous teacher cost 120 to 150 yuan an hour. In comparison, tutoring for college students cost. It’s cheap. “But that kind of tutor can’t teach anything. It just tells the child how to solve the problem. It takes half a day, then goes to the bathroom, drinks some water, and takes a rest. It costs 80 yuan for a whole morning. Look at that watch spinning so fast, it’s all money! "In fact, as long as it is affordable, Ms. Zhang never hesitates to spend money on her children's education. She said that parents are the same. From the day their children enter school, parents are put on a "chariot" and embark on an arduous journey. The road to “preparing for war”. Recalling the scene when Hanhan took the Mathematical Olympiad class in a key middle school in the city last year, Ms. Zhang still remembers: “It was originally planned to recruit 40 students per class, but the maximum number of students per class was 60. The school opened 9 classes, and the classrooms in the building were full, so Hanhan and her class were moved to the bungalow to attend classes. Every time after class, the school gate is crowded with people. Five to six hundred students, parents, and teachers all block the school gate, and nearby traffic is paralyzed. " Hanhan has attended N various cram schools under the "guidance" of her mother since she was in the first grade of elementary school. In the second grade of elementary school, she attended Cambridge English class. Every Friday night, her mother took her to class by bicycle. Rain or shine, I have been studying for five years. Hanhan lives in the North Second Ring Road, and her school is in the North Fourth Ring Road. Her mother takes her on a bicycle every day, whether it is windy or snowy, and she never stops.
Speaking of her hard work back then, Ms. Zhang said distressedly: "The child was young at that time, sitting on the back of a bicycle, and her little feet were red from the cold. But there was no way. In order to get into a good school, I had to persevere no matter how difficult it was!" English class, Mathematical Olympiad class, in order to allow her to develop in an all-round way, Hanhan went to art class every Sunday to learn painting from the first grade of elementary school until the fifth grade. In addition, her mother also enrolled her in electronic piano classes and calligraphy classes. Hanhan is a very smart child who studies well, especially in Chinese, and won the National Composition Excellence Award. But as a parent, Ms. Zhang always feels that there are many things for her children to learn. As soon as she entered middle school, she immediately enrolled Hanhan in the public English class and mathematics class. Although Hanhan's current school is not a key one in the city, it is still good. She is in line with the computer allocation. But for insurance reasons, Ms. Zhang still paid a school selection fee of 15,000 yuan to the school. She said: "This is still care. How about paying 30,000 yuan?" Ms. Zhang said: "When it comes to cram schools and remedial classes in society, I think they are very necessary. It's not that we want to go, but that we can't cope with it if we can't." They cannot pass the high school entrance examination or the college entrance examination. There are very few homework assignments in schools now, and it is impossible to rely solely on the courses taught in the classroom. "Ms. Zhang said that the purpose of parents is to allow their children to enter key schools. "Because only by attending a good junior high school can you be admitted to a good high school; only by attending a good high school can you be admitted to a good university and have a decent job in the future." The reality is that the gap between key schools and ordinary schools The distance between one and two points is no longer the same. The important ones are becoming more and more important, and the ordinary ones are becoming more and more ordinary. Ms. Zhang said with emotion: "Actually, it doesn't cost much for children to go to school seriously. The key is that external tutoring classes cost a lot of money, but you can't afford not to attend this class, and you still have to spend the money. In the final analysis, the society still has to allocate high-quality educational resources." Balance. What parent doesn’t understand how important it is for their children to go to a good school, so no matter how difficult it is, we as parents must fully support our children in attending extracurricular tutoring classes!” Interview Notes Winter vacation should be easy, but... For many students, it is heavy. Several primary, middle and primary school students told reporters that their favorite activities during the winter vacation were: going to amusement parks, gathering with classmates, and traveling with their families. However, things went against their expectations. According to a questionnaire recently distributed by a media in Shenyang to dozens of primary, middle and primary school students and their parents: 98% of the students interviewed spent their winter vacation life between home and remedial classes or daycare classes; 93% Parents expressed that they hope their children can attend make-up classes during the winter vacation. A survey in Beijing also showed that more than 70% of primary school students have enrolled in various tutoring classes inside and outside the school to prepare for school selection tests. The same is true for the parents and students we interviewed. Investigating the reason, the pressure to enter a higher education is undoubtedly the main reason for the market demand for supplementary courses. In the context of society's call for strengthening quality education and "reducing the burden" on students, the strong desire of parents to "increase the burden" is by no means aimless. Today, when the educational hierarchy and student evaluation system have not changed significantly, students and parents can only passively face realistic pressures such as score-based decision-making for further education and social employment difficulties. Therefore, parents have very conflicting thoughts about making up lessons. On the one hand, they hope that their children can recuperate during the holidays and live a more relaxed life. On the other hand, they hope that their children will succeed and hope that their children will seize all the time to study, improve their academic performance and increase the number of students through making up lessons. Competitiveness and employment opportunities for future studies. As an education expert pointed out, "making up lessons" has become the main theme of the holidays, reflecting the quick success mentality of some parents. They feel at ease whenever and wherever they see their children holding books... But in fact, this kind of "make-up lessons" that are more tiring than going to class often backfires, and the effect is mostly zero or even negative. The most pitiable thing is our children, who are burdened with a heavy academic burden, the pressure of the high school entrance examination and the college entrance examination, the high expectations of their parents, and the biting cold wind of winter, struggling to walk through this should be an easy life. Happy holidays. (For public reasons, most of the interviewees have adopted pseudonyms)