Anxiety among parents of primary school students

As we enter June, Xiao Cheng’s elementary school career is coming to an end. This also means that the final exam for primary school is coming soon. After the final exam, primary school students will enter another stage of study, that is, the junior high school stage. The results of primary school final exams are generally not announced. The pressure brought by the results on children is not great, and students are not that anxious.

Compared to the calmness of their children, parents are obviously much more anxious. Whenever I meet parents during this period, they will almost always talk about where their children go to school, whether to participate in the lottery, whether to give priority to public schools or private schools, which school to fill in for public schools, which school to fill in for private schools, and a series of other issues.

Many people don’t understand the anxiety of parents. Junior high school is compulsory education, and every child will have books to read and learn. Why are parents so anxious?

Policies such as the same enrollment for citizens, lottery for private schools, and district-locked admission to nearby schools have increased the uncertainty for students to attend school. Changes in policies are a cause of anxiety for parents.

In addition to policy reasons, the particularity and importance of the junior high school stage are also reasons for parents’ anxiety.

First, the junior high school stage is faced with diversion.

What junior high school faces is the high school entrance examination and what it faces is diversion. This means that the study in junior high school is of a selective nature. Compared with primary school to junior high school, the pressure faced by students and parents is naturally much greater.

At present, my country's secondary vocational education cannot meet the needs of parents. Taking the high school entrance examination and passing the general high school entrance examination has suddenly become the only choice for many parents. Since the high school entrance examination is of a selective nature, it means that it depends on students' scores. Since it depends on scores, parents naturally want to find a junior high school with a high admission rate and a good school spirit.

There is even a popular saying among parents nowadays, choosing junior high school is equivalent to choosing high school. This sentence may sound a bit exaggerated, but in fact it is so. Through this sentence, we can see how much attention parents attach to the choice of junior high schools.

The importance of the high school entrance examination determines the importance parents attach when choosing a school.

Second, the junior high school stage has certain particularities.

As the first major exam, the college entrance examination is difficult but there are more than one opportunity. If you fail in the college entrance examination, you have the opportunity to start over. However, the high school entrance examination is not allowed. It is almost a one-time deal. This is determined by the particularity of the junior high school stage. Learning in the junior high school stage is compulsory education. Students in the compulsory education stage are generally not allowed to repeat a grade or repeat a grade.

This particularity determines that the high school entrance examination is a one-time transaction and cannot be repeated.

With limited opportunities, parents will naturally be cautious when choosing a school.

Third, the imbalance of teaching resources has aggravated parents’ anxiety.

With the development of education, parents are paying more and more attention to their children's education. Compared with more than ten years ago, parents' desire for high-quality teaching resources is stronger.

However, due to various reasons, there is currently an imbalance in teaching resources. Not to mention the gap between urban and rural areas, the gap between various districts in the city is very large. From conversations with parents, it can be seen that if there are no high-quality junior high schools in their school district, parents will be more anxious about choosing.

Just imagine, if the teaching resources were roughly the same, parents would definitely not be so anxious.

There are various reasons why parents are anxious about the transition from primary school to junior high school. The junior high school stage is a stage that both connects the past and the next, and its importance is self-evident.

It is precisely because of this importance that parents are so cautious when making choices. If you want parents to be less anxious, you have to see whether the development of secondary vocational education can meet the needs of parents and the employer market. When parents have more choices and their children have a way out, parents' mentality will naturally calm down.

Today, the school suddenly held an online parent-teacher meeting for primary school students. From morning to night, I was busy filling in various forms and sorting out information for Xiao Cheng’s student to be promoted from primary school to junior high school. It inevitably made me more cautious and cautious. anxiety.

Parents are willing to do whatever they can to provide better and more suitable educational resources for their children. No matter what the outcome is, the children still have to walk their own path in the future.

The promotion from junior high school to junior high school is not only a protracted battle but also a torture. Perhaps every time a child goes to school is a battle, and for junior high school it is just an expedition that is just about to begin.

Finally, I want to say to Xiao Cheng: My child, your living and study habits are very good. Coupled with your diligence and hard work, your parents have always believed that you can make yourself successful. Become better and better.

You have mature thoughts and far-sighted vision. National affairs, world conditions, global current affairs, etc. are all topics you like to pay attention to. You can talk to many adults in these fields, especially about aerospace. News, you are particularly interested in it. I only found out about the Shenzhou 14th launch tomorrow just announced today from your Moments. This is the first Moment you posted this year. It shows that you are very interested in China. Concern and love for the aerospace industry.

Son, this is a long marathon. Mom and Dad hope that you will be healthy, hard-working, optimistic, progressive, down-to-earth, and run with kindness every step of the way.