说实话,孔子还在大学任教时,就对中小学生课业负担过重有所耳闻。自己回乡创办私立学校以后,也一再告诫任课教师不要加重学生课业负担,要在事半功倍上下工夫,他甚至不再在公开场合宣传自己的那句“学而时习之,不亦说乎”的名言。
To be honest, when Confucius was still teaching in the University, he heard about the heavy burden on primary and secondary school students. After he returned to his hometown to establish a private school, he also repeatedly warned the teachers not to increase the burden of students' schoolwork, and to work hard with half the effort. He even stopped publicizing his famous saying "learning while learning is not too much.".
可孔子的话现在不管用,孔氏中学的教师搞的是聘任制,后来还顺应时代潮流实行学生选老师。家长一门心思想的是送子女考中专,考大学,考研,出国留学。谁能帮助子女考试取得好成绩,谁就是受学生爱戴、家长拥护、社会尊重的好老师。要是哪个老师搞改革、搞“减负”,把学生的成绩和学校的升学率减下去了,家长们一千个不赞成、一万个不答应,甚至会群起攻之,强烈要求学校让这位教师“下岗”。所以,孔氏中学的教师暗地里都较着劲,纷纷使出看家本领抓升学率。胆大的教师甚至公开对孔子说:“孔校长,您还是先把教育质量抓上去再说吧。孔氏中学要是一年到头考不了几个中专生和大学生,谁还到您这里来上学呀?”孔子想想也有道理,升学竞争太激烈了,不重视升学率也不行啊,所以也就睁了一只眼闭了一只眼,没有太把“减负”这事当回事了。
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