台灣虎媽有多可怕? How terrifying Tiger Moms can be in Taiwan?
你好,我是Cindy,我是一名線上華語老師,每週我會跟你分享台灣重要的新聞或是有趣的文化,歡迎訂閱我的電子報! I'm Cindy. I am an online Mandarin teacher. Every week, I will share important news and interesting cultural insights from Taiwan with you.
本週關鍵字 (Keywords of the Week)
虎媽 (hǔ mā)-Tiger Mom
作息 (zuò xí)-Daily schedule
補習班(bǔ xí bān)-Cram school
才藝 (cái yì)-Talent
不能輸在起跑點 (bù néng shū zài qǐ pǎo diǎn)-Can't afford to lose at the starting line
大家好,上次跟大家分享醜美醜美的台北眾神花燈.不曉得在台灣生活的人是不是也去看了燈會。最近在台灣有個美語補習班在自己的臉書分享了兩個小兄妹的作息,原本是想讓大家稱讚兩個小兄妹優異的表現,沒想到驚人的作息表在網路上引起熱烈討論。今天我想跟大家分享一下台灣的虎媽有多可怕。
我們先來看一下這對國小兄妹週一到週五的作息:
早上五點五十分到七點十分寫補習班功課
早上七點半到下午四點去學校上課
下午四點零五分到四點三十五分在車上完成學校功課
下午四點四十分到晚上七點去美語補習班學習美國小學的課程
晚上七點到七點二十分在車上吃完晚餐
晚上八點到十一點練習鋼琴
晚上十一點到十一點半唸英文
週末雖然不用去學校上課,但一樣要早上五點五十分起床,寫補習班的功課,幾乎沒有任何玩樂的時間。
看到這邊不知道你們有什麼感覺?這對兄妹的媽媽是一名主播,根據他自己的分享,由於他在高壓的媒體環境工作,很習慣安排自己和小孩的時間。不過這對兄妹一天只能睡六個小時,而且只能在車上吃完晚餐,讓許多人看到這個作息,都紛紛批評這樣教育小孩的方式,不只孩子沒有足夠的睡眠,也認為即使孩子成績好,也不代表未來的成就很好。
我自己看到這對兄妹的作息,也真心替他們感到難過。身為一名老師,我認為國小的孩子應該要盡量的玩,盡量去探索世界,而不是一直在補習班裡面練習題目。
不過儘管很多人批評這樣的教育方式,但我認為其實台灣也有許多家長,自己變成虎爸、虎媽卻不知道,他們拼命將孩子送到補習班,生怕孩子沒有去補習班,就會學不好。在台灣,學生從國中開始,每天早上七點到學校上課,下午五點下課,接著再去補習班補習,最後晚上九點回家,都是非常常見的作息。這樣會造成什麼結果呢?我認為就是很多人學習只是為了考試,而不是真心體會學習的樂趣。
今天分享的這個虎媽設計的作息,也許真的比較極端,但我身旁的許多小孩子,也是從小就開始學習各種才藝,「不能輸在起跑點」的觀念,真的讓很多台灣孩子都過得很辛苦!不知道你國家的小學生下課都在做什麼呢?希望你喜歡今天的分享。
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本週關鍵字 (Keywords of the Week)
虎媽 (hǔ mā)-Tiger Mom
作息 (zuò xí)-Daily schedule
補習班(bǔ xí bān)-Cram school
才藝 (cái yì)-Talent
不能輸在起跑點 (bù néng shū zài qǐ pǎo diǎn)-Can't afford to lose at the starting line
Hello everyone,
Last week I shared with you the Taipei lanterns depicting numerous gods, both ugly and beautiful. I wonder if those living in Taiwan also went to see the lantern festival. Recently, a language school in Taiwan shared the daily schedule of two siblings on their Facebook page. Initially, they intended for everyone to praise the excellent performance of the two siblings, but surprisingly, their remarkable schedule sparked heated discussions online. Today, I want to share with you how terrifying Tiger Moms can be in Taiwan.
Let's take a look at the schedule of these elementary school siblings from Monday to Friday:
5:50 AM - 7:10 AM: Complete cram school homework
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM: Attend school
4:05 PM - 4:35 PM: Complete school homework in the car
4:40 PM - 7:00 PM: Attend English cram school for American elementary curriculum
7:00 PM - 7:20 PM: Have dinner in the car
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM: Practice piano
11:00 PM - 11:30 PM: Study English
Although they don't have to attend regular school on weekends, they still have to wake up at 5:50 AM to write homework from cram school, leaving almost no time for leisure activities.
How does that make you feel? The mother of these siblings is a news anchor, and according to her own sharing, due to her high-pressure job in the media, she is accustomed to scheduling her own and her children's time. However, these siblings only get six hours of sleep a day, and they can only have dinner in the car. Many people who saw this schedule criticized the way of educating children, believing that not only do the children lack sufficient sleep, but also that good grades don't necessarily guarantee future success.
Seeing this schedule, I genuinely feel sorry for them. As a teacher, I believe that elementary school children should play and explore the world as much as possible, rather than constantly practicing questions in cram schools.
However, despite many criticisms of this educational approach, I think there are many parents in Taiwan who unwittingly become Tiger Moms and Tiger Dads, sending their children to cram schools desperately, fearing that their children will not perform well academically if they don't. In Taiwan, it's very common for students to attend school from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, then go to cram schools afterward until 9:00 PM, and returning home. What does this result in? I believe it leads to many people learning just for exams, rather than genuinely enjoying the process of learning.
The schedule designed by this Tiger Mom may be extreme, but many children around me start learning various skills from a young age, driven by the concept of "not losing at the starting line," making life very tough for many Taiwanese children! I wonder what elementary school students in your country do after school? I hope you enjoyed today's sharing.
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