During the summer vacation, her mother, Ms. Zhu, took Xiaoci, a fourth-year student from Xuezheng Primary School, to travel to Dalian and Sanya. She enrolled in cram schools for swimming, piano, English, and mathematics, and unknowingly spent nearly 20,000 yuan. 10,000 yuan for travel, 1,000 yuan for swimming training, 3,500 yuan for piano training, 2,300 yuan for math and English training, and 1,500 yuan for training fees for winter vacation math and English classes, totaling: 18,300 yuan.
Training and tourism are the big ones
Students’ summer consumption mainly includes various training courses and tourism.
A class in the fourth grade of Xuezheng Primary School has 40 students in the class and 32 students go on a summer trip. Depending on the distance, route and travel time, the price ranges from a few hundred yuan to tens of thousands of yuan.
Almost all students have signed up for training classes. Some are taking remedial cultural courses, some are cultivating various interests and specialties, and some are learning sports skills, such as calligraphy, piano, Latin, swimming, badminton, etc., and Most have signed up for more than two training courses.
One-to-one cultural tutoring is generally 150 yuan per class, one calligraphy class costs 750 yuan, and there are 15 classes, and piano lessons are 200 yuan per hour, usually once a week. , students taking exams during the summer vacation attend classes more frequently.
After all, it is natural to spend nearly 20,000 yuan in one summer vacation.
It’s a lot of money but it’s worth it
After spending nearly 20,000 yuan in one summer vacation, many parents were frightened and asked, “Why did you spend so much? It’s so worth it. It’s better than my year-end bonus.” But many parents feel that the money is well spent.
There are also parents who feel that money does not matter, but they feel that their children are working too hard. As Xiaoci's mother, Ms. Zhu, said, during the summer vacation, she attended various cram schools for her daughter all day long, and the training fees exceeded the family's monthly income. The tuition and training classes are all in downtown Hangzhou. They depart from Xiasha at around 7 a.m. and arrive home at around 9:30 in the evening. It takes nearly 3 hours to travel back and forth every day, which is very tiring.
Consumption should focus on stimulating children’s potential
“Every summer, parents joke that it’s the ‘heavy period’ for spending money. Children’s education consumption reflects parents’ understanding of There are different attitudes towards children’s life planning. Some parents believe that children should not be allowed to lose at the starting line and will let their children study hard during the holidays; some parents believe that children should develop freely, but everyone is still learning and has no choice but to follow the trend. No matter what method it is. "The most important thing is to inspire children's self-potential and build and enhance their self-confidence."
Teacher Xu from Xuezheng Primary School said that children in primary school have not yet formed independent values, outlook on life and thinking. Tourism and study tours can increase your knowledge and broaden your horizons, but the costs must also be properly accounted for. "When economic conditions permit, it is okay to increase experience, but if economic conditions are average, there is no need to follow the trend. Because the cultivation of independence can be placed in daily life."
In the face of various In this training class, Teacher Xu suggested that the most important thing is to look at the children's interests and preferences, and parents should not impose their own hobbies and ideas on their children.