Project from my parents' school years. Essay on how my parents studied at school
It is difficult to argue with the statement that school years are wonderful. Some people find it easier to study, others find it harder, some try to learn more, others, on the contrary, try to idle around, but for everyone, studying at school is a time of discovery and development as a person. As the years go by, does the school change? And how did our parents study at school?
In many ways it was different, because it was a different state. My parents studied in the USSR, it was a huge and powerful country, even larger than today's Russia. My parents told me how the younger ones
Schoolchildren were first initiated into October, and they wore October badges. Fifth-graders were initiated into pioneers, and they had to try to be an example for the younger ones. Studying poorly is still a shame, but previously it was considered a disgrace. Bad students might not be accepted into the pioneers, which was tantamount to disaster. High school students were already accepted into the Komsomol.
Studying was also somewhat different from today. Since there were no computers, all abstracts, posters and wall newspapers were designed by hand. Beautiful calligraphic handwriting was highly valued, as was the ability to draw and design newspapers well. To prepare
report on some topic, write an essay or abstract, the students sat for a long time in the reading room in the library. They didn’t even imagine that one day it would be possible to find any information while sitting at home at the computer, and there would be no need to rewrite the damaged page, it would be enough to correct the error in the text and print the sheet again.
Now it seems amazing to me how my parents could manage without computers, the Internet, or a mobile phone. It seems almost incredible, but they found other activities that were no less exciting for them: reading books, just walking in the yard, visiting each other. In general, as a child, my parents had quite interesting life. In the summer they went to pioneer camps, where they played sports, went hiking, and swam in the river. They knew how to do a lot with their own hands: during labor lessons, girls learned to sew and cook, boys planed, sawed, crafted, and learned to repair furniture and equipment.
Of course, a lot has changed since my parents were schoolchildren. Although they did not have computers or telephones, they school life was rich and interesting in its own way. I hope that when my children go to school, I will also have something to tell them.
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Dad decides, but Vasya gives in
Modern parents are often more excited about the upcoming holidays than their own children. It’s no joke, every evening after work they have unfinished homework waiting for them, which they need to pore over after work with all their might. In pursuit of ratings and high scores Unified State Examination schools use any means to convince parents that making their child an excellent student is the task of fathers and mothers.
The MK correspondent tried to figure out to what extent it is worth helping children in their studies.
Habit of studying
After the first of September, the life of many modern parents quickly turns into hell. Moms and dads already dream about endless projects, reports, and Olympiad assignments at night. And how can you forget yourself in a dream, because at any moment the damned phone will ring again, where in the parent chat they will again discuss ways to solve a math problem or a project on the world around them about how to draw the world through the eyes of a grasshopper. And being irresponsible doesn’t work out very well; in any class there are hyper-organized ancestors who have already done everything before and better than anyone else.
When I read our parents’ forum, I just get some kind of inferiority complex,” says Yulia, mother of a third-grader. - The best I can do is check with my daughter that all her homework is done, and even then not always. But I’ve long since unlearned not to sit at the desk with her. My friend, whose daughter goes to a school in another district, has the same story. In each class, more and more parents constantly appear, for whom the child’s education turns into the meaning of life. Someone spends hours sculpting a project on the surrounding area, someone deliberately does not take their child to school so that together with him they can take a prize at the Olympiad from home. What is this for? Does anyone doubt that an adult aunt is capable of completing 3rd grade assignments with “excellence”?
Parents' obsession with their child's success is also fueled by many teachers, who in turn are intimidated by the school administration's demands to urgently improve class performance.
This year, my third-grader son’s English teacher changed,” says Oksana. - Almost immediately she gave her son a “C” because he answered something wrong. At a parent-teacher meeting, I calmly asked this lady if it was possible to wait a little with bad grades so that the children would come to their senses after the summer and get used to it. The innocent question turned into a sermon from the Englishwoman that it was my own fault for this “C”, since the child’s assessment is actually the parent’s assessment. That's news! Or maybe they are teachers after all? Or do we now only need teachers to fill out an electronic journal?
Of course, the catalyst for increased attention to learning on the part of parents is our education system itself. If you listen to most school principals, the main words in their speeches will be endless discussions about the school’s place in endless rankings, Olympiad winners, awards and certificates. Rarely will a director boast that his school makes it easy and comfortable for a child to learn, regardless of his natural abilities. And what do you want, because the funding of our schools and their receipt of additional grants directly depend on graduates’ Unified State Exam scores and position in the ill-fated rankings.
Don't make yourself an Einstein
According to child psychologist Anna Albertova, such a race for success more and more often leads to serious trauma to the psyche of children and adolescents. After all, if your child is not Einstein, nothing can be done about it.
Of course, it is necessary to help a first-grader with his studies. Children of this age are not yet very collected, it is difficult for them to get used to a new way of life, but the main thing is that this help does not drag on for many years, explains Albertova. - Many children whose parents show excessive interest in grades and the learning process unwittingly begin to do everything for him to make it better. As a result, the child then gets a C on an important test, not even because he doesn’t know the correct solution to the problem, but simply out of fear that he has to work on his own without the help of an adult. And then the circle begins to close, the student is nervous about grades, worries that he did not live up to the hopes placed on him by his caring parents. And here it’s not far from an inferiority complex or serious neurosis.
According to the Ministry of Health, every year in Moscow the number of children with psychological problems and problems associated with nervous system. Unfortunately, in rare schools you can now find a good child psychologist who is actually involved in diagnosing children and identifying their problems at an early stage. For the most part, a psychologist in schools is only a formal position; they do not hold him for real help to schoolchildren, but simply to fulfill the requirements of education officials. Yes and good specialists Rarely are you ready to go to work at school; it’s easier to easily earn money through individual consultations.
The main help in caring for the child’s psyche again falls on the parents, Anna Albertova is sure. - You don’t need to do everything for the child, you need to teach him how to do everything himself. Just as in childhood we teach our children to make their bed or brush their teeth, in the same way, even before school, a child must be taught that homework and collecting his schoolbag are his responsibility and there is nothing wrong with that. School is a natural part of life, but not the only one, besides this there is family, friends, free time- and life is not limited only to academic success. In a family where problems are discussed, behave calmly and do not become fixated on the child’s successes, children often achieve more than children obsessed with grades. In addition, a parent cannot also be a teacher for a child; these are incompatible roles. And no one has yet canceled the duties of teachers at school. A simple example: the school should teach the multiplication tables, but counting money, for example, paying in a store, planning your budget is the task of parents. This is the difference between these roles.
EXPERT OPINION
Irina Trumanova, teacher of Russian language and literature with 35 years of experience:
Modern Moscow children, due to the living conditions that have developed after the collapse of the USSR, are much less independent than their parents were. If previously sending a child to school alone, even in the 1st grade, was in the order of things, now they are sometimes led there by the hand even in the 5th grade. This, unfortunately, often affects the child’s attitude towards learning. The saddest thing that I constantly observed in high school is that most children simply do not know how to study. But it was precisely the ability to learn that primary school teachers should have taught the child in the first place. And this is exactly what parents could and should have helped teachers with. The trouble is that learning to study in adolescence is much more difficult than at 7-10 years old, sometimes it is simply impossible. Of course, a parent’s participation in their child’s studies in elementary school largely depends on the abilities and character of their child. Some people only need occasional help to understand complex material, while others need systematic control. The main thing is to immediately teach the child that lessons are his own business, and mom and dad have their own adult responsibilities. Helping and studying practically together, or even for the student, as often happens now, is simply unacceptable. By the way, students who are overly helped by their parents very often do better in elementary school, but then sharply lose ground compared to independent children. Teachers who directly tell a parent that a child’s grade depends on him or her are either young and inexperienced, or they came into this profession in vain.
When your mom or dad works at a school, then be prepared to study diligently for all 11 years and behave exemplarily. And parents are always the first to know about any misconduct. Not much pleasant. At the same time, you can always count on their help and support. The heroes of the “In Truth” section shared their stories: what is it like when your parent is a teacher?
Just being myself
Alexander Krantsevich, design engineer, Minsk:
– Even before I went to school, I met future teachers - my mother’s colleagues, who often visited us. They didn’t inflate my grades; they assessed me objectively: I got what I knew I could do. Despite the fact that I was an activist at school and participated in competitions, my discipline was lame. And mother, of course, found out about any offense as soon as she entered the teacher’s room. True, teachers turned a blind eye to many flaws; academic performance and personal merit outweighed them. The fact that my mother was a teacher did not in any way affect my relationships with classmates: I got along well with some, and not so much with others. But I didn’t feel a huge responsibility on myself, I tried to be myself.
Scold me for not studying chemistry
Dina El-Sahmarani, 10th grade student, Lida:
“I don’t see anything wrong with studying at the school where my mother works.” She teaches chemistry for us, and when I don’t prepare for class, I get scoldings from her. Like everyone else. The teachers don’t notice that I’m a teacher’s daughter, they don’t single me out from other schoolchildren, and they don’t inflate my grades. I have never had any problems with my classmates, although sometimes it seems to me that many of them treat me well only because my mother is a teacher. They often ask her to put in a good word with her and help. I try to study well, monitor my behavior so as not to let my mother down. I don’t want her to blush in front of her colleagues because of me, so I feel a huge responsibility.
Just like everyone else
Valeria Nitsevich, student, Minsk:
– Mom taught in my class Belarusian language and literature. She asked me, like all students, to make no concessions with my homework. Yes, and I would be embarrassed if her colleagues discussed my bad behavior or unfinished homework. Addressing my mother by her patronymic and “you” was not difficult. Back in the fifth grade, I realized that she was a mother at home and a teacher at school. There were no special privileges over other teachers. Maybe they demanded a little more from me, but only because I was an Olympiad student and an excellent student. And if I wrote some work poorly, I received a well-deserved mark. True, classmates often said that they gave good grades because my mother worked at school. At first I was offended, but then I took their words more calmly. Later, my classmates themselves didn’t care what was in my diary.
Under control
Nikita Zhibul, 11th grade student, Gorenichi:
“It so happened that my mother not only works at the school where I study, but also teaches in my class. She treats me the same as she treats other students. I can always turn to her for help when I don’t understand something on a subject. It is important for the mother that the student knows the material; she does not set a goal to punish with a bad grade. She is very demanding, but fair: if she sees that she did not have time to finish reading the work, she will allow her to answer next time. I never take advantage of my “special” position, but, on the contrary, I try not to let my mother down. After all, she can look at the magazine at any time and see her progress.
No complaints received
Natalya Voyush, children's massage therapist, Minsk:
“I moved to the school where my dad worked, and at first his colleagues told him: “Well, we’ll know who to complain to.” However, I was the head of the class, I studied well, and my dad never received any complaints about grades or behavior. I never felt like I had to do something better than others just because my father is a teacher. I rarely even called my dad by his patronymic; he didn’t teach anything in my class, and we met more often in informal settings. There are small advantages to having one of the parents work at the school. If you forgot to take food, they’ll feed you, a lesson will be cancelled, you’ll find somewhere to pass the time, if you’re offended by your classmates, you’ll have someone to protect. But I find only two disadvantages: teachers constantly ask you to participate in something and are sure that you must be better than the rest.
I'm guilty - it won't seem a little
Gleb Enko, 11th grade student, Lida:
– Studying at a school where your mother works (and in my case she is also the class teacher) is not as cool as it seems. If I have done something, she will be the first to know about it, and already at home a serious conversation awaits me. You should be an example for others, but you want to be like everyone else. Many children think that since their mother is a teacher, she must let them copy and correct mistakes. But in reality this is not the case. For her, I am the same student as my classmates. But when you don’t learn something in other subjects, teachers will remind you: “Enko, mom is a teacher, but you haven’t prepared.”
COMPETENTLY
Ekaterina Kasko, psychologist:
– When one of the parents works as a teacher at school, the child feels increased responsibility for his actions, actions, and grades. He tries to do everything perfectly in order to be an example for others. And he is often afraid to make a mistake, because every mistake he makes can attract the attention of others. A student who finds himself in a similar situation can be recommended to enroll in a hobby group or section outside of school. In the new team, the child will understand that there is no need to try to meet someone else’s expectations: you just need to be yourself.
Project work My parents are graduates of the school where I study (dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the school)If your school is about to celebrate an anniversary, then I propose my idea, in which students participate primary classes, whose parents studied and were graduates of the same school.
1 SLIDE ABOUT SCHOOL
-Today our school celebrates its anniversary. She turns 20 years old. What is interesting about our school, how is it different from other schools?
-We, 3rd grade students of school No. 22, have only been studying at this school for the 3rd year and we were interested in learning about the history of our school.
And here we are in the museum of our school.
2 SLIDE (in the museum)
The head of the museum, Elena Gennadievna Barinova, told us a lot of interesting things about our school, its history, traditions, graduates and asked if we knew which of our parents studied at this school. We were interested in this question and decided to find out which of our parents was a graduate of school No. 22. and why they brought us, their children, to this school too.
But where to start? We divided into groups, drew up a work plan for each group, asked our parents about it and conducted a survey on this topic in other classes. And this is what we got. It turns out that
among 4th grade students -.. moms and dads are our graduates
3 classes-..
2 classes -.
1st grade-
4 SLIDE (diagram)
This work fascinated us even more and we wanted to learn more about our graduates and parents.
One of cool hours we devoted to the ability to compose and conduct (take) interviews. We interviewed our parents and asked children from other classes to do the same. The questions we asked were:
1.Hello. We are 3rd grade students. We are conducting a survey. Could you answer our questions?
2. Please introduce yourself.__________________________________________
3. Tell me when you graduated from our school._______________________
4. Remember the name of your first teacher.
5.Who was your cool hand? in high school?
6. What were your favorite subjects and why.
7.What memories do you have about the beginning? school? What do you remember most?
8. What about high school?
9.If you do not live in the area of school 22, then why did you send your child to study at this school?
We were interested in what memories our parents had of the school where we, their children, now study. Here are some excerpts from the memories
(Excerpts from memories).
Student: And although my mother was not a student of this school, she studied at school 10, but now my mother’s first teacher and my first teacher is Elena Gennadievna Korshunova. She helped us in this work.
This is only a small part of former graduates. We recorded all the photographs and memories of graduate parents about the school and placed them in a file we created. e-book MY PARENTS ARE GRADUATES OF SCHOOL 22, we hope that this book will give rise to a good and kind tradition and we think that it will be replenished every year. We hope that the teachers whom our parents remember warmly will also be our beloved and kind mentors.
We decided to give this book to the director of school 22 I.E. Gavrilova, and at the same time interview her.
9. SLIDE (in the office)
1. Please tell me, is it difficult to be a school director? (yes, very difficult)
2...Do you like children? (yes, very much)
3...Which children do you love more? (different: obedient and not so, well-mannered and spoiled)
4.What would you like to wish to your students? (to be successful in education, to grow up healthy, strong and kind, and after graduating from school to become successful in life)
Students:
1 School is a place where at least someone cares about the child and his problems. Any child has the right to count on school as a place where he can experience the joy of achievement, the pain and happiness of creativity, and feel his significance in life, his need for others. School is the place where a child is educated the most.
2. Having crossed the threshold of the school, the child finds himself on a huge, new planet for him, the Planet of People. He will have to master the ABCs of communicating with them, find out why they are so different, what rules they live by, what they value in each other.
3. Gradually, he himself will learn to recognize good and evil, look in others as in a mirror, and learn more about himself. These lessons are taught to him by school life itself, and, of course, by his first teacher
4 Everyone knows that a man is judged by his works; I think a teacher is judged by his students. Students are a mirror of the teacher. It is in the students that one can see the manifestation of sincerity and nobility, the depth and subtlety of the teacher’s feelings. Happy holiday!