A new explanation of "reducing the burden"

"subtraction" is "-"from the point of view of mathematical operation symbols, while "-"means "negative number" when it is used to represent numerical characteristics. In this way, "reducing the burden" is "negative" from the level of mathematical theory. As a result, "reducing the burden" has become "negative and positive". In other words, "reducing the burden" also contains another meaning, which is to increase the burden. At first glance, this statement may have the flavor of "fallacies and heresies". However, when we return to rationality from sensibility and examine the current educational scene with a peaceful mind, "negative is positive" really means to the point.

Looking back on the past year, there are both scattered documents and special documents on the "burden reduction" of students and teachers at the national level. There are 30 primary and secondary school students and 20 teachers, and some humanized requirements are put forward for parents, so that this special governance policy can take root and blossom. From the perspective of the government, some policies, measures, laws and regulations are often formulated specifically for a certain industry and its related parties. The purpose is very simple, that is, I hope to unload the heavy burden on students, teachers and parents, so that students can learn happily, teachers can teach easily and parents can live comfortably. Undeniably, the efforts made by governments at all levels around the "burden reduction" of education have a good starting point. However, when the beautiful original intention meets the cruel reality, the attractive prospect loses its color and temperature.

"Reducing the burden by 30 articles" is a guiding opinion jointly issued by the State Council and nine ministries. Judging from the parties involved in the Opinions, schools, families, governments and off-campus training institutions are all directly or indirectly related to education. In addition to clarifying their respective rights, the Opinions also point out the obligations that must be fulfilled. Judging from the contents involved in Article 30, it can be said that it is meticulous. There is reason to believe that if the "Thirty Articles" can be implemented, the mountains on students will be removed. Unfortunately, "Gong Yu" only exists in Liezi's literary works, and has not gone from myth to human life. In this way, even if your slogan of "reducing the burden" resounds through the sky, it just floats in mid-air and cannot reach the ears of people who eat fireworks. You don't need to look for it. You can find that before and after the promulgation of "30 articles for reducing burdens", from kindergarten to primary school, from junior high school to senior high school, the burden on every educated person has not been unloaded, but has increased: in addition to games, kindergartens have increased the study of pre-school introductory culture classes, and some children have also added the content of "Cambridge foreign languages", which has truly practiced the concept that education should start with dolls; After school, primary school students go into special classrooms non-stop and dive into their homework under the supervision of the class teacher or general subject teacher. With the fashion of "small dining table", even at noon, children should bury themselves in reading; In addition to completing normal courses, junior high school students also live a life of "getting up earlier than chickens and sleeping later than dogs"-the sky is a fish-belly grey, and they go to school for self-study in dribs and drabs. Before it is completely dark, they eat their meals in a hurry, rush into the classroom in a panic, and start their evening self-study tour under the squeaky incandescent lamp; As for high school students, under the pressure of the baton of college entrance examination, there is no boundary all year round, and the concept of day of the week runs mechanically. Home has become a hotel for students, and the classroom has become their home. Different school-age stages, although different in age and mind, all suffer the same torture under the framework of education, but in different ways and to different degrees.

"Negative is positive" is cruel to students, even cruel, and will not change much to teachers. However, the pressure from teachers is passive or increased by teachers themselves. From a passive point of view, a teacher's occupation is to teach without distractions. All teachers' activities should revolve around the axis of "educating people by moral education, teaching and educating people" Besides, you should not participate in other affairs, and you should not be overwhelmed by other complicated affairs. However, it is impossible to reach an agreement between reality and necessity, and the gap between them can never be bridged. Non-professional learning and training, non-teaching meetings, and non-professional social affairs; Political life meetings, democratic life meetings, family planning work meetings and poverty alleviation work meetings are numerous. In addition to these, in order to improve the quality of life and increase income, teachers have to work hard to evaluate their professional titles, and in order to prove their existence value, they have to work hard to seek the development of their official career. In addition to passivity, some teachers are well aware of the principle of spring, and subconsciously think that their potential is infinite, so they will put pressure on themselves actively. Although this kind of pressure has different ways, the ultimate goal is to add value to one's life and make one's money bag bigger and bigger. Under the influence of this idea, in addition to completing normal teaching tasks and having a little leisure, schools such as offices, homes and off-campus training institutions can often see them in a hurry. In their time calendar, there are no weekends, no holidays, no winter and summer vacations. The house was settled, and the cars were changed one after another. The straight waist became wobbly and the steps began to falter.

Students are held back by the heavy academic burden, and teachers are too tired to advance because of the pursuit of maximizing self-worth. The two phases are superimposed together, and the gap left in the middle is given by parents. "Expecting children to succeed, expecting women to succeed" is a common psychological appeal that parents place on their children. In the current social environment, there is no better alternative than education, and it is a common way to change one's destiny through learning. In order to let children realize their vision, parents can do everything for their children's education with the mentality of "not suffering children". When children's school time is shortened due to the unified requirements of the state, the vacant time is not to let children release their nature to the maximum extent, but to try their best to let children walk around the streets, have special interests and have cultural classes. The reason for this is very simple. You can't let your child "lose at the starting line". This disguised transfer of classroom teaching not only increases the pain of students running around, but also increases the extra labor burden of parents, both physically and psychologically, and even increases the economic burden. For the sake of children's education, some parents neglect their work, and some originally harmonious families become incomplete. The double squeeze of material and spirit has overwhelmed many parents. But for the sake of children, we must grit our teeth and stick to it.

The lexical meaning of "reducing the burden" is to reduce the burden. When it is applied to education, it aims to dismantle the long-standing educational burden. However, despite the rigid requirements from the national government, in the face of reality, black and white may sometimes become a dead letter. The reason for this embarrassment is largely due to the education assessment itself. In the reality that exams dominate the world, the single evaluation criteria are scores and grades. With good grades and achievements, there will be more choices and the possibility of getting ahead. In this way, students and parents will spare no effort to achieve their goals. In order to change this abnormal educational ecology, it is a better prescription to establish a multi-evaluation mechanism according to the existing situation. (Chen Shitong, Anhui Wanxi Economic and Technical School)