Getting along with adolescent children: It’s normal to be utilitarian in learning

Yesterday, my sister called me. My nephew started taking liberal arts and science subjects in his first year of high school. When the teacher speaks a foreign language, you can choose English or Russian. There are many children in the class who choose Russian. The children are weak in English and want to choose Russian. My sister asked me what I should choose, and I directly said English. No matter how difficult it is to learn English, you still have a basic foundation in elementary school. If you can\’t find a tutor, you can find resources. Her sister will take the college entrance examination next year and is also a top student. She can also help him during the summer vacation. She has zero basic knowledge in Russian and relies entirely on herself. She is not good at learning English, but she can learn Russian from scratch? In addition, from the perspective of skills, China and Russia have a good relationship. , but Russian is not a universal language, unless you engage in related foreign trade work. I chose science, went to university, and worked everywhere that required English. The instructions for taking a box of medicine at home are also in English. When I was in school, we were mute in English. We only had poor oral and listening skills but had good reading skills. When I was working in IT, I read circuit chip materials. The materials I read every day were all in English, especially one piece of material was dozens of pages long, and the software I used was all in English. I have been away from the IT industry for many years, and I don\’t know if there is a Chinese version now. I once made a case where a child could not learn English, so he chose Japanese as a minor language for the college entrance examination. This child likes Japanese comics and watches Japanese movies whenever he has nothing to do. He can memorize the lines. When he sees a word he doesn’t know in Japanese, he needs to figure it out. Japanese practice makes perfect and has been integrated into the child’s life. Since I don’t understand English, choosing Japanese is a plus. Although children have entered adolescence and have a sense of independence and their own ideas, they are still underage, so there are many things that their parents need to worry about and control. Yesterday I was chatting with my eldest daughter, and we talked about the college entrance examination. The college entrance examination in Jiangsu adopts a 3+1+2 format, with six subjects. She used to think that Chinese, Mathematics, and English were compulsory, and geography, history, and biology would be discontinued after the exams. Unexpectedly, in the college entrance examination, in addition to physics and history, which are required for science subjects and history, I have to choose two subjects from these subjects and then study again. I said that you have to study hard for the college entrance examination. If you don\’t listen in class, you will be the one who suffers in the end. For ordinary families and ordinary children, it is normal to study with a utilitarian mentality. There are so many subjects that do not require support from feelings or hobbies. Whatever the test, just study hard and do well, but you must first upgrade to pass the exam. I told my children that my mother used to study history and politics, and mathematics and physics were boring, but she still had to rush forward in exams. The only goal of junior high school was to pass the ideal high school. The only goal of high school is to get into college. We simply want to get tickets to college and get academic certificates. As for hobbies, they can be developed for a long time in the future, and there are many opportunities. Just like my mother likes history now, it is because she has experienced a lot and has a lot of experience. Reading history without the pressure of exams is really a hobby. Just like writing articles for public accounts now, you can express whatever you want, but if your mother\’s article is used as a college entrance examination essay, the score will be very low. This simple and plain language does not reflect literary talent. But as a public account article, it is meant to be well understood by readers, so that others can understand at a glance that the purpose of the article is different. High school entrance examination essays are written for the marking teachers. They all have scoring standards. You must meet the standards to get high scores. Reading comprehension is the same,Every reader of Mom’s official account can understand it differently, and there is no unified standard. But when you do reading comprehension, although you do it, you can\’t answer whatever you want. The answer should be from the perspective of the examiner, the author, and the content of the article. Only by combining these three can you answer the question correctly. It is normal to learn to be utilitarian. We just win this ticket first, this ticket. Academic qualifications are devalued, and the future will be an era of diversification, but now recruitment requires academic certificates, and you are stuck. How do you explain that you are talented? Without this certificate, you will not be able to pass. You should also study hard for this certificate.