Foreword: In the cold winter, students gather outside the door of an elementary school waiting to enter the campus. Because of the school's regulations, they could not enter the classroom early and could only wait at the door. The move sparked discontent and indignation among the students' parents, who felt that such a rule lacked a human touch. As a veteran teacher, I am glad that this act of forcing education to death is precisely the problem we are facing. This article will raise this issue from the perspective of education ecology and students' parents, and put forward their own thoughts and insights.
Many parents believe that learning is not a priority for students, and they advocate for children to be more involved in the work of the family business. This concept has formed a phenomenon of hunting education, where students only need to complete the school's exam-oriented education, and do not have to study mathematics, physics and chemistry in depth. However, the dominance of this concept makes teachers lose their voice in education and can only bow to the wishes of students' parents. Education experts and teachers with senior titles also often choose to be obedient to the parents of their students rather than stick to their own educational philosophy. All this has led to a shift in the direction of education, with the views of students' parents gradually gaining the upper hand and blaming teachers becoming the norm.
Parents often see teachers as unworthy of respect, and they have malicious intentions towards the teacher community. Minors themselves are lively by nature, coupled with the way they educate their parents, so that campus injuries occur from time to time. However, regardless of whether the cause of harm is the teacher, parents often take the teacher as the first target of blame, standing on the moral high ground and questioning why the teacher fails to take care of their children. This unjustified accusation of teachers has led to schools enacting rules that prevent students from arriving at school early. Teachers can only arrive at school early, in the form of seventy-two, and remain on high alert in order to ensure the safety of students.
Teachers are required to arrive early at school, regardless of when parents send their children to school. Not only do they need to put in extra time and energy, but they also need to be physically and mentally fit. As a teacher who has worked on the front line of education for 25 years, I am well aware of the hardships and difficulties of teachers. However, teachers' efforts are often overlooked or taken for granted. If parents could experience the 12-hour work of a teacher in a day, perhaps they would have a deeper understanding of the hard work of teachers.
The school's policy of not allowing students to arrive at school early is ostensibly to satisfy the wishes of the students' parents, but in fact it is to protect teachers from being blamed. However, the formulation of school rules is not the root of the problem, but the result of the malicious release of teachers by students' parents. Parents often do not allow teachers to criticize and discipline students, which makes the campus a hurtful place. Of course, once the problem of harm arises, the teacher becomes the target of blame. This dilemma has led to schools enacting rules that prevent students from arriving at school early.
Conclusion: Education is a complex and diverse system, and we should take into account the needs and concerns of all parties when facing problems. The opinions of students' parents are indeed important, but the opinions of education experts and teachers should also be fully heard and respected. It is only through multi-party cooperation and constructive dialogue that we can solve problems in education and create a better educational environment. Teachers need more support and understanding, not being oppressed and blamed. We should cherish education, not push it into a corner, and then lament its disappearance.