a sigh

? On the morning of January 29, 218, Hefei Education Bureau finally issued a notice to start the winter vacation in an all-round way, leaving only senior three still sticking to it. Some people are happy, some people are worried, some people applaud and some people are noisy.

? "It's sunny, what holiday is it?" Some people also said, "It's so cold, why not have a holiday?"

? "The exam stopped, this is how to return a responsibility? Can't you stick to it for another two days? " Some people also said: "The weather forecast has long told us that there will be many days of bad weather. Why not give a notice of winter vacation earlier?"

? "I review every day, and now I review in vain. Do the leaders of the Education Bureau understand education? What if they don't take the final exam? " Some people also said, "Does this make us review the old ones or preview the new ones in winter vacation?"

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? Letting go is also complaining, and not letting go is also complaining. But when we think about it carefully, isn't this debate a debate about two fundamental issues in education? One is what education should undertake, and the other is what should be used to measure students' learning process.

1. What should education undertake?

? I still remember that two years ago, a heavy snow scared away our students' final exam last semester, and more than a year ago, a heavy rain scared away the final exam next semester. In 218, the first snow in Hefei came very violently. The heavy snow began to fall wildly on January 3, and the world was white on January 4, and all primary and secondary schools were on holiday until January 1. In 218, the second snow began to hit on January 22, and the snow was deep on the 23rd. On the 24th, compulsory education and rural high schools began to have a holiday. It was originally scheduled to resume classes and retake the exam on the 29th. On the afternoon of the 28th, a notice was issued to continue the holiday on the 29th. On the afternoon of the 29th, a notice was issued again, except for the third year of high school, the winter vacation of other grades in primary and secondary schools officially began.

? As an ordinary teacher, I experienced this tortuous holiday process; As an ordinary parent, I feel the impact of this tortuous holiday on my children. However, it is precisely because of the twists and turns that we have a deeper understanding of the dilemma of education. Educators think that we should not only inherit human knowledge and civilization, but also cultivate people. Liang Qichao said: "Education is to teach people to be human-to be a modern person." Spencer said: "Education is to prepare people for a perfect life in the future." From beginning to end, we think that "preaching", "receiving business" and "dispelling doubts" are indispensable, but our education can only go so far, and there cannot be too many additions. However, what about reality?

? Lens 1: A teacher in a school in Qingdao saw that the students had not arrived, and repeatedly contacted the parents unsuccessfully. After many twists and turns, the teachers found the children's home and smashed the door to rescue a family of three who were poisoned by gas. This is a good thing. Such a responsible and astute teacher should be praised countless times, but some people compare it, saying that their teachers just contact their parents by phone, so they don't ask if they can't get in touch. Their teachers are too irresponsible. Here, educators are required to be alert and quick as police.

? Lens 2: A city is facing the selection of a civilized city, asking the school to educate its children, asking the children to go home and then guiding their parents to obey the traffic rules and speak politely. It is the duty of education to let children learn to be civilized. But isn't it a joke to educate children to go home and educate parents so that parents can also talk about civilization? But there are indeed too many parents who have uncivilized behavior and really need our children to go home for education. Here, education is required to manage both children and parents.

? Lens 3: A city requires teachers to tell students every day about drowning in summer. Even the school has to put up a slogan of "cherish life and stay away from the pond", and then ask to post "Remind students to pay attention to traffic safety after school every day/prevent drowning (no tearing, effective all year round)", not to mention how absurd it is to stay away from natural water sources. Just look at that "effective all year round" and you will know how nervous our educators are. Every child is not only a treasure of the family, but also a treasure of the school and society. We should always take care of it. However, we have never reminded children to eat three meals a day. Will some children only eat two meals? Will any children starve to death? We didn't remind our children to be careful not to choke when eating, so will our educators blame them for choking? We didn't tell our children to wear clothes one by one, so if the children catch cold, are we educators responsible? Or put on clothes and come to school in reverse. Is this our fault? Is there a bottom line for our responsibilities? Here, education is required to be a portable nanny.

shot 4: a student in a city has an accident on his way to school, and the school must be responsible, because it is a school class, so the child will go out to school. Here, education is required to be a personal bodyguard.

? Scene 5: A senior three student from a city in Hunan Province enters the school with a switchblade and kills the head teacher who won a scholarship for himself just because he is in a bad mood. Some people say why children bring knives into campus and your school doesn't know? Some people say that this child has psychological problems. Why didn't your teacher deal with it early? Education can only nod while touching its cut-off hands and feet. Here, education is required to be a prophet.

? Lens 6: A key high school jumped off a building in the school all his life. Some people say that the school is too dead and too tight. Why didn't your school find something in advance? Didn't know the child's difficulties in advance? Here, asking for education is God. ……

? Oh, it's just snowing. Why talk so much? Yeah, it's just snowing. It's just a holiday. Why do you think so much? But, do we dare to think about our education? Children have traffic accidents on the way to school, which is definitely related to the school; The child is sick with a cold, which is definitely related to the school; Some problems of children with special physique caused by low temperature are definitely related to the school; Even when parents send their children to school, it is estimated that the school will be implicated. Before the holiday, someone said, "Many people are sure to fall down today. Will the Education Bureau dare to have a holiday?" Yeah, who dares not let go? If you don't have a holiday, every hair your child loses will have to look for your educational leadership theory. Education should pay attention to responsibility, but all the responsibilities are attributed to education. Can education afford it? Education should cultivate tough character, but how can this toughness be cultivated without support?

? Is the holiday really because the leaders of the education system don't understand the importance of the final exam, or are we forcing the leaders of the education system not to understand the importance of the final exam? Can't make a decision early? Is the leader of the education system indecisive or are we forcing the leader of the education system to act decisively?

? It is human nature that a child is away from home and we are worried that he will be hurt when he bumps into it. However, as long as something goes wrong, it is not common sense to look for schools and education authorities. It is said that when a school in a certain country organizes children to go camping in the mountains, it is not necessary for the school to take responsibility for accidents or dangers. Because there are parents to take responsibility and sound insurance, the school can rest assured that the children should be close to nature and take risks. As for us, spring outing and autumn outing schools hardly dare to organize, but at most dare to find a flat place without obvious danger and take a walk under the protection of teachers. Our education is afraid! Our school is afraid! Our teacher is afraid! If there is one more thing, it is your responsibility after the accident, so it is better to have one less thing. It is a problem whether students have poor study habits and criticize or not. What should children do if they are criticized for their psychological problems? Students play mobile phones in class. It is also a question whether to accept or not to accept this mobile phone. What should I do if I have an accident or jump off a building on the way? If a child sleeps in class, should he wake up or not? What should he do if he hates and retaliates from now on because it affects his sleeping mood? Students don't do their homework or their homework is not serious. Will parents be unhappy if they delay their children's meals and starve them? When a school has a safety accident, the credit of the whole education is almost wiped out; A school has an uncivilized teacher, and the face of the whole education seems to be lost; When a school produces a person who breaks the law, the whole education becomes the villain of society. Education has borne a heavy burden that should not be borne!

We have lost sight of the true nature of education. But I think education should at least be inherited, given, guided and innovated. We should inherit human civilization and culture, and give children hopes and dreams; It is necessary to guide children to be upward and good, and to innovate new forms of life and life. However, people first consider whether education has become a policeman, a nanny, a bodyguard, a prophet or a God. Other things people can't see.

? How I want to say, let our education be simple, and let him have the courage to lead your children forward, even if some children are behind the times, injured or even disappeared into the trend of the times. But as soon as this voice is released, it is estimated that it will be smashed back by rotten eggs: Why don't you have any spirit of responsibility? Hehe

I have a holiday, and finally I have a holiday. I sigh for this notice, and I sigh for this tortuous process. Sigh, for the educational leaders and educators in Hefei, but also for the educational environment and the undignified educational status. Alas! Alas!

? Second, what is used to measure students' learning

Learning, no matter what learning should be nothing more than three steps, learning-practicing-testing. Even if the test methods are different, there should be tests to judge whether you have learned it. When riding a bike, you should learn first, and others should learn. Push your bike and try to get on, pedal, stop and get off. This is practice. Finally, I can ride a bike easily under normal circumstances, which can also be regarded as a test. The same is true of school study. First, study under the guidance of teachers, then practice, and finally test with various written or non-written exams. In China, the senior high school entrance examination and the college entrance examination are authoritative tests of a student's schooling situation, even related to his future. Therefore, testing or examination is very important.

? China's education is like this, so is foreign education. Even the documentary filmed by the British BBC records the learning situation of British students in China and Britain for one month, and finally uses the detection step when trying to compare its effects. After the teaching of this competition, a comprehensive examination issued by an independent research institution is used as the testing method. It can be seen that foreign education is also tested by exams.

This can understand parents' disappointment about a final exam that should have arrived but has not arrived. Our children review and review before the exam, our teachers emphasize and emphasize before the exam, and our parents urge and urge before the exam. Suddenly, this thing disappeared because of snow and low temperature, and we were all dumbfounded. The previous efforts were in vain, hate! Gas! Annoyed! But is it really gone?

? Whether it is effective or not, we must first observe it from the perspective of learning purpose. The purpose of learning is the standard, and you have to compare it to understand whether you have achieved it or not. So what is the purpose of children's study at school?

The Analects of Confucius: "The ancient scholars are themselves, but the present scholars are human beings." Confucius (their society at that time) thought that it was not advisable to ask scholars at that time to learn only for the eyes of others, not from their own point of view. In other words, Confucius felt that learning should be his own business. Li Yining, an economist, wrote "Partridge Sky" in 1985, saying: "The stream is clear and clear down the stone ditch, and it is endless and inclusive. If the valley is empty, it will swim by itself. My heart is silent, I miss my rest, but I have no intention of sinking sand, but I have become a continent. I should do this all my life, and I only plan to cultivate Mo Wen. " The attitude of studying only asking about cultivating Mo Wen's harvest has also inspired people today. A child has been studying in school for one semester. What is his usual learning attitude, whether he studies hard or not, and whether the method is appropriate or not? This can be observed by his own eyes and ears, and can be based on periodic examinations. Why use an exam to determine the result? There is a picture in the circle of friends, to the effect that parents implore the school to set an exam for their children alone. It is said that children have worked very hard to review in the morning and want to give them an explanation. The purpose of studying is only for the exam. How sad! He didn't study for self-growth, self-enrichment, or even a little accumulation, just to prove it to others, just as Confucius said more than 2, years ago. To what extent has the purpose of learning been distorted? If learning is his own business, then can I think that he has basically completed his self-study after his usual study and periodic exams? If I can have a real learning attitude of "just work hard and don't ask for income", can I think that I can also use relevant materials to test myself when there is no examination in school? So if a school exam is not in place, is it not so troublesome?

? In fact, what really should be worrying is not a delayed exam, but another purpose of education: cultivating people. Nowadays, children are always in the competition field of scores, and everything can't be separated from the study of several compulsory subjects. Except books, all other education has become extravagant talk. Is it necessary to learn housework? No time; Contact with practical activities? No time; Do you often talk and communicate with your parents? No time; Organize club activities? No time. Afraid that he is hot, afraid that he is cold, afraid that he is hungry, afraid that he will get hurt, I wish I could not keep it in a sterile and constant temperature environment. How to cultivate the spirit of courage, innovation, adventure, curiosity and exploration that we need? Under the heavy snow is a good time to hone perseverance and build character, but we often dare not grasp it, and the way we care for our children will have a great impact on our future, which has been well explained in President Yang Mingsheng's Responsibility and Responsibility. How much suffering and hardship have our ancestors experienced from eating and drinking blood to now? How much courage and innovation did it take to create today's life? If we lose our curiosity and exploration, and abandon the spirit of adventure to be China people, it seems that there is nothing wrong for the time being, but what about the future? What will our children and grandchildren compete with others in the future? Song Lian studied under the tutelage of "dragging his feet, walking in the deep mountains and valleys, where the winter was fierce and the snow was several feet deep, and his skin was chapped and he didn't know it". Only with this spirit can he become the "head of the founding civil servants" in the Ming Dynasty. Yang Shi argued with his friends and needed the teacher Cheng Yi's comment. When the teacher was sleeping, he waited outside the neutral gate in the heavy snow, and the snow accumulated more than a foot thick under his feet. With the spirit of "learning from the experience", Yang Shicai became "authentic in learning from the experience". Where are our children? They are deprived of too many opportunities for exercise. Of course, in the name of love, you can't have the opportunity to study in the snow. You can't have the opportunity to go to school yourself because you are worried. You don't even have the opportunity to wash dishes, brush shoes and serve tea. All time should be saved to learn book knowledge.

? Which is more important, book knowledge learning or character cultivation? Kapitza, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, once said that what he learned in kindergarten was "sharing your own things with your friends, not that you can't take your own things, putting things in order, washing your hands before eating, apologizing for doing something wrong, having a rest after lunch, studying more and observing nature carefully". Are these things that can be observed in our exam scores? Isn't this a character?