Last night, a small program was posted in Xiaoxun's class group, and parents were required to click in to learn and answer questions. The theme of the mini program is to take students to learn “XXX”, but no parent will really spend a few hours taking their children to watch learning videos for this kind of thing, so the parents do it on their behalf.

Those topics add up to hundreds of questions, and it took me more than 20 minutes to finish them. As soon as the task was completed, Teacher Xiaoxun sent a message saying, “I'm exhausted today, 6 classes a day.”

What the teacher said was exhausted, in fact, it was not because the 6 classes were exhausted, but because there was more time in class, so it was necessary to use more rest time to write materials.

Before I came into contact with the teacher industry, I thought the teacher was quite relaxed. He only took a few classes a day and had a lot of rest time. But the more I got in touch, the more I realized，The teacher's enthusiasm for teaching has been wiped out by endless materials and formalism.

For example, for the task in the group last night, this kind of formalism will be available every three to five years. I don't know what the meaning is? After tossing the parents, you have to toss the teacher.

On average, the time teachers spend writing materials and organizing materials every day is far more than the time to prepare for class.

Teacher Xiaoxun and I discussed it very late. Where is the advantage of such an education model now?

The educational environment of our generation is far simpler than it is now, but it does not delay our talents. We have still grown into a wave of praise from everyone.

I watched a documentary today, a reporter named Zhou Yijun. He visited schools in Japan, Finland, India, the United Kingdom and Israel, and finally returned to China to explore the tradition and future of education.

Let me first introduce the part of Japan today. The reporter went to the “net celebrity” kindergartens in Japan-Lotus Kindergarten and Vine Kindergarten.

Starting from the perspective of the students of the two kindergartens, the documentary explores the educational concepts and characteristics of the two kindergartens in a complete timeline with school in the morning and school in the evening.

Mingmong Huaguo, who goes to school in Lianhua Kindergarten, is a cute little girl. After being called to get up by her mother in the morning, she brushed her teeth and washed her face, changed clothes, folded clothes, had breakfast, and then took her mother to school. After entering the school, she carried her own bags and changed her shoes.

Songju Huaguo

Everything seemed to be very skilful and methodical, and there was no “lion roar” that often appeared in the morning such as “Can you hurry up” and “Hurry up”.

Lotus Kindergarten has actually been on our domestic news. It once had an initiative that attracted a lot of attention, that is, students are required to go topless all year round (girls are not) and go out to run and play. Of course, there has also been a lot of pressure from public opinion, so this behavior has now been changed to playing barefoot as a way to exercise.

The biggest feature of their kindergarten is: cultivating children's collectivism. The children spend a lot of energy yelling every day, and the teacher teaches them how to use Dantian to make a sound.

The director said that by yelling, everyone can reverberate, and then produce collective resonance. This is the effect of forming a kind of sound resonance.

Lotus Kindergarten is a kindergarten that represents the spirit of Japan very well, because Japan is a nation that pays attention to strict discipline, and when they get along with people, what they advocate most is: don't bother others.

When Teacher Zhou Yijun interviewed their kindergarten teacher, the teacher said that he hoped that the children would learn two points: the spirit of never giving up and the heart that always thinks of others.

It is the long-term “don't bother others” attitude of the Japanese, so they are very good at restraining their emotions and never show sadness easily outside. They think this is a very impolite and disrespectful behavior.

Therefore, the program is interspersed with an interesting industry, that is, tear therapists. The teacher will put out a short film and a passage based on the characteristics of the adults who come to the class, and make them cry in this way.

Many people who went to the class said that this was the first time they shed tears in front of people.

In addition, Lotus Kindergarten has a very interesting point, that is, it will call parents to go to school. It's not the kind of tea party we usually attend, but a real class. This reminds me of a proposal made by netizens before：Parents should be licensed to take the job, and parents are the ones who should study the most.

Regardless of whether you agree with the educational philosophy of Lotus Kindergarten: collectivism. But judging from the documentary, their children are very independent and their personalities have been released enough. This alone is enough for us to learn from and learn from.

Let's talk about the second net celebrity kindergarten, Rattan kindergarten, the educational philosophy of Rattan kindergarten is: give children more choices.

It is famous for its unique circular design. In fact, compared with the detailed design inside, the circular design is nothing.

There is a tall tree in the kindergarten where children can climb trees. Teacher Zhou Yijun is very envious when she sees this tree. She said that climbing trees is one of the best memories of childhood.

The lawn on the playground is uneven. That lawn will bloom in summer, and it will not lose its original appearance because of the existence of children. The designer's statement is：It's better to inconvenience children in this way. It allows children to learn to think. Nothing is perfect, everything is real and natural.

The director will play the game of “grabbing food” with them, sayingTeach children to "protect their own things by themselves”。 This seems to be a bit different from the “sharing” that we have always advocated for teaching and education.

They will tell their children the boundary between “sharing” and "protecting their own things”, that is, everyone has it, take it out together, it is called sharing; other times you can refuse, and learn to protect your own things if necessary.

There are many fruits and vegetables hanging at the door of the vine kindergarten, including onions, eggplants, etc. Children can learn about one thing through a series of ways such as observing, touching, and tasting. What's more interesting is that those fruits and vegetables are covered with mud. You may taste the mud when you taste them. The director thinksThis allows children to feel more intuitively that they are grown from the ground.

Two more interesting points are the design of the sink and door.

The water for washing their hands flows directly to the ground. As soon as they hit the faucet, the water will splash on their shoes, so that the children will consciously turn the water down and turn off the water in time.

As for the door, it is even more interesting. It is not an automatic door, but requires the last student to enter the door to close the door gently. When it's cold, if the door is not closed tightly, then the students sitting by the door will feel the cold wind biting. This allows the child to experience：Because you have not done a complete thing, it will cause trouble to others.

But the barrage at this time is interesting, everyone is talking about it.：Such a design will make the child's grandparents rush to school every minute, accusing you of letting the child catch a cold.

In my opinion, Rattan kindergarten is a kindergarten created by combining Western education models with its own cultural concepts. It is of great reference significance.

These are the two net celebrity kindergartens in Japan. Netizens have said that these kindergartens are not representative, because some first-tier cities in China also have this new concept of kindergarten, but it is still very difficult to fully promote it, after all, the national conditions are different.

Indeed, let's not talk about whether the differences between the rich and the poor in the east and the West can allow children to get a fair education., It is the horizontal line comparison between large cities. It is estimated that parents will also raise their hands to oppose this kind of education model.

The reason is the pressure to go to school。 If the kindergarten is played like this, you won't be able to enter a key primary school, a key primary school, a key junior high school, a high school, and then you won't be able to get into a good university.

Parents are afraid of a vicious circle.

I do not deny that the college entrance examination is the fairest examination in my country. Regardless of the region and the level of rich or poor, everyone is the same.But I still miss my childhood 20 years ago, when I was simply happy, released my nature, and carefree every day.

In an era when the pressure is far less than it is now, and children can feel more freedom, the cultivated students have become the mainstay of the society now.

So, is such education a step forward or a step backwards now? Maybe time will give us the answer.