At present, the Ministry of Education is increasingly strict in the management of paid tutoring for professional teachers, but despite this, the practice of supplementary tutoring is still widespread, because some parents are extremely obsessed with it, and some students are eager to accept supplementary lessons.
What is the actual effect of make-up classes? What kind of impact can it have?
Recently, a single mother from Heilongjiang Province reported her daughter's make-up school fees and two test scores in recent months, which sparked widespread discussion.
The mother's records show that she spent a total of 30,860 yuan on make-up classes for her child from the summer vacation of the second year of junior high school to the third year of junior high school. Although the parents willingly paid the fee, they still felt distressed. Because her monthly income is only more than 3,100 yuan, her total annual income is only about 30,000 yuan. In other words, the child's make-up fees for more than four months are equivalent to almost her entire income for a year. Parents do everything they can for the sake of their children, and this does not include living expenses and other odd expenses. It is heart-wrenching to deplete your income or even your savings with make-up fees.
In fact, the mother did not want the child to make up the lessons, but the child insisted on making up the lessons. She thinks that make-up classes can improve grades, and many of her classmates are making up classes. At first, the mother disagreed, and the child was angry.
Considering her daughter's progress, the mother didn't want to be a stumbling block for her child, so she took her child to a make-up Xi class. At the same time, she warned her daughter to study hard and Xi, believing that since she had spent money and time, she needed to work harder and be able to bear the hardships caused by the make-up classes.
Her child's score in the final examination of the second year of junior high school ranked 300th in the whole grade, but the score of the first monthly examination in the third year of junior high school regressed to 338th, and the score of Chinese only scored 76. This situation made her feel distressed, and despite all the expenses and hard work, her results did not improve, but fell back 38 places. This made her extremely angry, and on the spur of the moment, she stopped the child's make-up class.
The child is also angry, perhaps thinking that the mother is too demanding, or that the mother is not willing to spend money. even said that he would cut off relations with his mother when he grew up. The mom was a little devastated, thinking that it was all caused by make-up classes.
Many people said that the make-up class had no effect, and even if some of them had little effect.
A Xi teacher said: "Make-up classes are really useless, my own children don't participate. ”
A teacher on the front line of education expressed this opinion: "As a teacher, I am responsible for telling you that making up classes is a kind of IQ tax! He believes that learning Xi mainly happens in the classroom, and if you don't learn well in class, it is unlikely to improve by making up classes. He noted that the higher the cost of make-up classes, the higher the IQ tax.
Of course, there are some absolutes in this teacher's statement, and there must be some students who have improved their grades through make-up classes, which is undeniable. But this is not to deny that many students do not make progress after attending make-up classes.
Generally speaking, there are two conditions that need to be met in order to improve the grades of a make-up class: first, a good teacher. The so-called "good" teachers are not only conscientious and responsible for teaching, carefully preparing lessons and explaining clearly, but also need to understand the problems faced by students and solve them in a targeted manner. The second is that students must be particularly attentive, good at finding their own problems in Xi, and actively seeking solutions. Simply increasing the amount of Xi you practice mechanically will not make any progress.
In addition, the relationship between students and teachers is crucial. If students have a good impression and trust in their teachers, it will help to improve their grades. If the relationship is bad, it can get worse.
As a parent, I am conservative about make-up classes and have always had doubts about whether make-up classes can improve my grades. However, in my opinion, summer vacation may be suitable for Xi some new subjects in the new school year, such as English in the first year of junior high school, physics in the second year of junior high school, and even mathematics, mainly to deepen understanding.
I don't force my children to attend make-up classes for two reasons: first, I am worried that make-up classes may make my children tired of learning Xi, and the consequences will outweigh the losses; The second is the fear that the make-up class will not be effective, waste time and money, and make people feel more frustrated, which will not outweigh the losses.
Still, I don't rule out make-up classes. If the child wants to make up the lessons himself, I don't have much to do, so I can understand the mother's choice.
I also understand parents who volunteer to let their children take make-up lessons. Some parents worry that if they don't give their children make-up lessons and give it a try, they will regret it in the future and will feel regrets, and their children may blame them. Many parents and students are determined to make up classes with the determination of "not dying until the Yellow River", and they are pursuing the possibility of a few counterattacks.
The current policy of prohibiting make-up classes is good, so that everyone can focus on the class, study seriously when it is Xi time to learn Xi, and relax when it is time to relax. We should be comparing who is more conscious, more conscientious, and who has better intelligence, rather than who is financially superior and who spends more time, as was the case many years ago. What do you think about this?
Do you think that remedial classes are very helpful in improving your grades?