Some experts suggested that "abacus calculation" should be returned to the primary school classroom. what do you think?

I remember when I was in primary school, there was a unit dedicated to teaching abacus. Abacus? During that time, students were holding abacus in their hands, dialing beads and reading the formula in their mouths: three times five divided by two? ,? Twenty one plus five. The math exam also tested the knowledge of abacus, so I still used abacus for simple addition and subtraction, and at that time, abacus was also the most used calculation tool for ordinary people.

Later, with the rise of computers, abacus gradually disappeared from people's lives, and abacus courses were gradually introduced into primary school textbooks. So far, there is no test requirement for relevant knowledge. In fact, this is also a very normal thing, the so-called practice, now abacus has basically withdrawn from people's lives, students naturally do not need to spend so much time learning abacus.

However, abacus is a very important traditional culture in China, and abacus formula has also been included in UNESCO's list of intangible heritage of mankind. Abacus has disappeared from primary school textbooks for more than ten years, and now most primary school students don't know what abacus is. Therefore, some experts and scholars now call for bringing abacus back into the primary school curriculum, so as to promote the traditional culture of abacus by taking advantage of the successful application for the World Heritage.

These experts and professors who call for abacus to return to the classroom believe that not using it often cannot be a reason to give up, just like many traditional local operas, dances and some traditional handicrafts are not used often, they are protected and promoted as a traditional culture; Secondly, abacus can help students master arithmetic while learning knowledge, and exercise children's memory and reaction ability.

Worried that the return of abacus to the classroom will increase children's academic burden, relevant experts said that most of the students' burden comes from parents' comparison rather than classroom teaching, and parents' comparison will not be removed. Even if the courses are reduced to only three main courses: Chinese, mathematics and foreign languages, parents still have to send their children to various cram schools and training courses. Therefore, adding abacus courses will not increase students' academic burden.

Opponents argue that abacus does not need to return to the classroom. All these years, everywhere? Heritage fever? In full swing? Intangible knowledge into the classroom? It has also become a fashionable teaching slogan, so what operas, calligraphy, paper-cutting and local dances are going to enter the classroom one after another, euphemistically called? Promote traditional culture? . The classroom has become a basket, and everything can be put in it, whether students can understand it or not, whether they really like it or not.

There are countless traditional cultures in our country. If everyone goes into the classroom, can students stand it? This practice is not so much to promote quality education as to increase the burden on students. As far as abacus is concerned, it used to be a very practical basic skill, so students should certainly take the time to study. Now that the practicality of abacus has basically disappeared, there is no need to ask every student to understand and master it.

Of course, traditional culture needs to be inherited and developed, but it doesn't have to enter the classroom. For example, Go and Chess are both traditional cultures in China. Although I don't enter the classroom, there are still many fans. Inheriting and carrying forward traditional culture does not have to go into the classroom. It can be inherited and developed through exhibitions in museums and cultural centers and through various competitions.

If you enter the classroom, there must be an assessment, and relevant content will appear in the exam. In fact, this invisibly increases the learning burden of students, and some students even have the psychology of rejecting this tradition. Isn't this counterproductive?