上周精英放榜,孩子去给原来的小朋友庆祝,人家问她中学是什么样的,有什么建议,我立马耳朵竖起来,结果听到她说,School days will be much busier. There will be much more homework. There are also so many tempting activities, and you will have friends in every activity. They all tell you how fun it is, but always do what you want to do. Try what you want to try. You can say no to your friends and teachers.
突然想起来最近看了一篇文章,里面有这么几段,关于女娃的成长的。为了避免个人理解不同导致歧义,我就不翻译了,括号里的词是我没COPY上下文,所以加进去帮助理解的。
I became aware that schools - the usual ways they are set up - don't meet the needs of many (bright) children very well, and this has been the case for a very long time... I saw that it wasn't as clear whether girls were "suffering" from the way schools work. More boys get into trouble, hated school, and can't wait to get out, while more girls love school, get good grades, and more frequently feel great about themselves, than boys do during the school years...School seem to fit most girls very well. The problem is that many of our girls actually learn to underachieve - learn less than they could (她这里对underachieve的定义很有意思,不是成绩不够好)...
(A smart girl) gets to be one of the smartest,(in her younger unchallenged years) best student until she takes ability-grouped classes. Little intellectual competition (during her younger years) can mislead her about her abilities relative to true peers, those with whom she will compete in high school, college, and career. To further add to her difficulties, (during her unchallenged years), she may fill all of her saved time with "running the school". At the time, she may feel quite good about that.
Too many of these girls end up thinking they are what they do. And when things get more difficult in her advanced courses in high school and college, she starts to doubt she is smart after all and is often overwhelmed by how much time it takes for studying and schoolwork. She doesn't want to let go of all her activities, those things that everyone admires in her, and she starts to burn the candle at both ends, and - regrettably - she may start to lower her educational and career expectations for herself.
On life's journey, intelligent women learn that they must be flexible and adaptable so that they will recognise when their true purpose and passion shows up. All your earlier hard work and training feeds into who you are now. None is wasted even if you have changed careers...
我觉得这篇文章非常客观,同时提到了挑战,努力和对自我的探索,不是为了成绩而学习,不要因为过去的成绩和别人的期望限制自己的发展。
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是的,心态很重要,但很多东西只有自己经历了,趟过去了,回头看才会发现其实没什么。
问题是,处在当时那个状态下怎么帮孩子苟住,才是父母的难题。
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到了中学,孩子更忙了,父母精力下降,能接送做饭搞卫生上班就不错了,我90%的时间不知道娃在干嘛。知道了也没用,这个年纪的娃聊天只是为了聊天,用我家娃的话说,I am talking to relax. I am not seeking a counsel meeting.
反正有了娃就是累。娃不动脑子为自己打算爸妈纠结娃长大没主意。娃动脑子为自己打算爸妈纠结娃的主意不对。
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操不完的父母心。
我妈作为过来人劝我放宽心。
其实想想也对,保持和谐亲子关系比较重要。
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很多话没法在论坛上说。
中学各种学习活动真的是挺多的,挺累的,别问我怎么知道的 同时也很有意思,一同成长
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那你是沉浸式带娃,互鸡那种。
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很多地方和我们当年相同,同时也有很多是新鲜的。
我和你一样,是旁观者做得非常开心~~光是过程就很有意思,结果就没那么重要了。
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挺好的,我觉得孩子在中学的各种忙碌中长大了好多…..
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你如果同时也能接收孩子学校的邮件,基本就可以了解孩子90%的时间在干嘛,但是要孩子允许给你看她的邮件。
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我就没想过看孩子的邮件,中学生完全有能力安排好自己的日程,家长主要起support的作用,除了做车夫外,在她抱怨忙的时候提供点情绪价值。除非孩子主动问我意见,否则我不主动开口,我觉得我比她上小学的时候轻松了好多。
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我没看孩子邮件,我曾经教她如何更好的file邮件,想教娃如何更好的沟通。结果一看她的邮箱满满当当,各种科目和活动,有的是邮件,有的是teams,有的是学校自己的不同app通知,于是我说其他的app你还是自己来吧,不行去和比较好的学长取取经。
但是就算我看了邮件,我只是知道今天有这个作业,明天有那个考试,但是娃怎么学习的我还是不知道,不过知道了可能也没用。
我今天看到娃的一个英语作业放在她的书桌上,打开一看,前面是instructions,里面refer了很多writing techniques,我压根不知道是什么,marking criteria上各种缩写: why it is important to annotate a text for ETA...Identify at least one other subject where MPO would be useful...
我娃文科差,我文科好,我本来还曾经说过大话,以后不行了妈妈帮你看看。现在:看啥啊,要看懂这要求得从一开始就跟她一起学才明白老师的marking point,要不然自己觉得写的再好也不在点上。
我是放弃了。理科帮不上,文科不明白,还是去做饭吧 学习上的事还是留给她和老师吧。好在娃不怕丢人,可以追着老师问问题。
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Hope it helps!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73LhCScB8eY
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不是沉浸式鸡娃。。。是一起学习,英美文学,时事政评,音乐美术这些本来就是个人平时的兴趣爱好,可惜我小时候并没有机会接受娃这么好的教育,难得的好机会正好一起学了,挺开心的
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我家老大让我access她学校的邮件,她拿我当秘书看。
我的工作内容有:
提醒老板作业deadline,提醒老板考试时间,提醒老板参加各种的活动和比赛,老板突然提问的时候,我得对答如流。我还给老板缴费,熟知老板的课程表。有时候,我还得告诉老板哪位同学老师给她发了私信,提醒老板关注和回复。除此之外,我还提醒老板自己要定期清理信箱,对邮件进行分类归类(我只提醒,不插手)。
我家老大的学习能力可以,自理能力深不可测。出了家门儿,成熟稳健;一进家门儿,说她5岁都觉得说年长啦!
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孩子7,8年级我还试图想知道她在干什么,但未成功过。不过有偷偷检查过她的电脑,去看历史纪律。好像啥也没看到。后来就死了这个心了,不管了,毕竟我们也不能跟一辈子,而且孩子更想有自己的隐私,不想妈妈知道她所有事情。
再后来孩子成绩也在提高,慢慢也就放心了。我们家从9年级开始,就像个大人一样了,没有任何规矩。想学习想玩,随意,打一天游戏我也不管。后果自负。
我认为肯定有玩游戏玩社交媒体特别多的时候,但过阵子就能自己控制了。
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是啊,青少年可以学着自己做决定和为此负责了。有主见的孩子就是这样慢慢成长的,反正澳洲的试错成本比国内低得多,发现不合适就再选别的呗。
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