Everyone has a share, and the final primary school students' awards are flooded, and parents are confused: some students have won more than a dozen?

Teacher Zhou talks about education

2024-06-30 15:54

It's the end of the semester again, and it's a time full of anticipation and tension, because each class will recognize some students with better performance, which is not only an affirmation of their efforts, but also an encouragement to all students, hoping to lead everyone to pursue progress together by setting an example.

In this process of setting a model, the class teachers are always extra cautious and selective, after all, the number of places is limited. In my class, for example, only 10 percent of the 40 students were able to stand out and receive that precious honor. Whether it is a "good student" or an "outstanding young pioneer", it represents the recognition of the excellent quality of students and the reward of hard work.

However, what makes teachers a headache is that there are far more than a few children in the class who perform well, and some parents take this award more seriously, because in the eyes of parents, their own children are always the best. Some children who do not win the award will inevitably be depressed, and parents will also have some doubts.

After the award certificate is issued every semester, I can always receive private messages from some parents, asking why the child has not been commended, and there is quite a puzzle in the words, and even some parents will question whether the teacher is tired or biased in the process of awarding.

I believe many teachers have encountered such problems. As a result, some smart teachers began to try to expand the scope of commendation, set up more awards, and buy a few more certificates, so that everyone can be happy, so that every student can bask in the glory of success?

In this way, in addition to the traditional awards of "Three Good Students" and "Outstanding Young Pioneers", there are various awards such as "Service Star", "Unity Star", "Calculation Expert", "Recitation Star" and "Labor Star" to ensure that the merits of each child are discovered, even if they are naughty and mischievous children on weekdays, they can also take a "Labor Star" certificate home.

When the report card is issued at the end of the term, almost every student has some awards in their hands more or less, and they all seem to be happy. However, there are too many awards and there are troubles, there is a funny joke in our school, a father and his children agreed to reward ten yuan for each certificate awarded. However, when the child took out a stack of awards from his school bag, the father couldn't believe his eyes, and took a photo and posted it to Moments to ridicule: "It seems that my private money is about to bottom out!" ”

In this way, every child can receive a certificate of merit, so that each student can find self-confidence in their own field of expertise, they are either the best at work, or the model of uniting classmates, or the model of respecting teachers. They went home with confidence and smiles, and parents also posted their children's honors in the circle of friends to share this joy.

For teachers, this kind of recognition method undoubtedly relieves their pressure, and they no longer need to worry about explaining why some students have not won awards, and truly realizes the harmony and win-win situation of students, parents and teachers.

However, with the flood of awards, its original glory and honor gradually faded in excessive generosity, like a precious elixir jade liquid being diluted excessively, and finally turned into a glass of bland and tasteless water.

The award, which should be the goal and direction of the children's struggle, is the crystallization of sweat and wisdom, but now it is like a sky full of stars, which seems so ordinary and ordinary. Those awards that once made children ecstatic are now no match for the sense of accomplishment brought by an ordinary little red flower in daily training.

We can't help but wonder if when the award becomes so readily available, can it still ignite the fire in the hearts of children and inspire them to move forward as it did in the past.

Can one or even several certificates of merit still play a role in motivating children to surpass themselves and pursue excellence in the competition? In the face of this situation, we may need to re-examine the meaning and purpose of the award, so that the benchmark of honor can shine again.

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