Recently, have you noticed that children in elementary school always like to do a strange movement: squat with their legs down, stretch their arms forward, and do "saw-of-war" shaking with high frequency?
Perhaps, you would think that this is a new type of dance, or a sport. For elementary school children, this is a social language that they call "electric shake". This unsightly and impolite gesture is particularly popular among children, and has become another phenomenal behavior among elementary school students after "The Lonely Brave".
The speed of transmission is getting faster and faster
When it comes to the word "electric shake", many people are "confused". Even if there is a lot of contact with students, many teachers do not pay much attention to it when they hear or see "electric shake" at first, until more and more students report that they are injured because of "electric shake", and they remember to understand "what electric shake" is.
"At first, when I saw students in the class doing this action, I thought it was a new game for the children, but it was not very elegant and did not stop it, but then students kept coming to me and told me that so-and-so 'electric shake' him, I felt very aggrieved and angry, and I realized that 'electric shake' was far beyond my imagination." A primary school class teacher in Wuhan told reporters that this is not beautiful, and even some vulgar actions, which are rapidly penetrating into the group of primary school students at a viral speed.
Squat with the legs, one hand is raised horizontally in front of the chest, and the other hand is thrusting up and down it, with the lower body quickly striding shaking or squatting - this is a complete set of "electric shaking" movements.
When it comes to "electric shake", many parents resonate. Some parents said that at the school gate, downstairs in the community, and even at the bus station, they saw many little boys doing this exaggerated action to each other, which was very offensive and very impolite. But it seems to be a social interaction between them in body language.
Regarding the origin of "electric shake", various theories are circulating on the Internet. The more convincing claim comes from an action in an online game that expresses contempt for mocking opponents and has been repeatedly suggested by veteran players to delete. Some parents who have studied dance said that this is actually a connecting movement used in many dances.
However, this originally meaningless action is very popular among primary school students, and the spread is getting faster and faster, and the application scenarios are becoming more and more widespread. Some teachers find that as soon as they turn around, there are elementary school students doing "electric shaking" movements behind their backs, and then more students join in and "electric shake" together.
Children "follow the trend", parents are worried
Many parents find that their children always "shake" unexpectedly, and some younger kindergarten children or older junior high school students also begin to follow the trend and twist a few times at every turn. Even if parents generally see this as a sign of ignorance and discouragement and stop it, they cannot stop the rapid trend of this "social language" epidemic.
As we all know, the last social language of elementary school students is "The Lonely Brave". Many children don't even know the meaning of the lyrics, but as long as the melody starts and the atmosphere arrives, they will sing uncontrollably. Slowly, the song evolved into a "children's song" that spread throughout the campus and beyond. As long as you sing any of these lyrics on the road, you can blow up a bunch of children around you to finish the song, and they can also hum their own studies and life's troubles and hip-hop. The cheerful rhythm and freely changing lyrics allow elementary school students to imitate and sing "The Lonely Brave", and even replace the direct words of greeting each other.
Compared with the original "Lonely Brave" became a unified "connector code" for primary school students, now, "electric shake" has become their new social language, and it is more "magical". Some students write it down in essays and diaries, making the teacher cry and laugh. Some children are doing "electric shaking" movements, holding the middle finger with one hand, and chanting mantras such as "you are an old six" and "chicken you are too beautiful" in their mouths, and even dirty words, which make parents angry and worried.
A media survey of nearly 1000,50 parents showed that 4.49% of the students who had this social language in their lives were boys and 6.38% were girls, half each. By grade, 62.49% of primary school grades are from grade 15 to 11, 44.1% from grade 43 to 71, 45.<>% from junior high school, and less than <>% of kindergarten children. At the same time, <>.<>% of parents believe that these social languages have a certain negative impact on their children's language expression and values, and nearly <>% of parents believe that "there are more negative effects, and children are easily damaged".
These parents' concerns are justified. Children in primary school and kindergarten are not yet mature in their "three views", and their ability to distinguish between right and wrong is poor, and they may just imitate it if they think it is "fun" and "interesting". "It's also a herd effect, influenced by the surrounding environment and peers. They may imitate the words and actions of their peers and feel that they are more welcome to mingle with their peers. Professor Tu Yanguo of the School of Education of Central China Normal University said that if children make all kinds of offensive behaviors regardless of the occasion and etiquette, and even carry uncivilized and unhealthy actions and language, over time, it will become children's behavior habits, and even bad diseases that are difficult to correct, thus affecting children's value judgments and biasing children's growth trajectories.
Don't be treated as a "flood beast" and don't let it develop
Whether it is singing "The Lonely Brave" or doing the "electric shake" action, it is undoubtedly a childish way of expressing emotions and socializing.
"Every generation has their own 'non-mainstream culture' when they are students. Just like the current 'post-80s' parents, when they were young, they also chased stars and Hahan Hari, which is the imprint of the times in the process of growing up. Tu Yanguo said that especially in the current Internet age and information age, with more and more contact with society and the Internet, it is difficult for primary school students to avoid learning language or actions from the Internet or peers. Some "harmless" social language is a child's innocent happiness, and also helps children integrate into the group and develop social skills. Parents can not worry too much and interfere blindly.
Of course, it cannot be left unchecked. Liu Yurong, a national second-level psychological counselor who has been engaged in student mental health counseling for a long time, believes that as parents and teachers, children should be educated in standardized social etiquette and civilized language with a dialectical and vigilant attitude, help them improve their ability to distinguish right from wrong as soon as possible, and build a "firewall" in their hearts to automatically block out bad information and not be affected by the external environment.
Liu Yurong said that parents and teachers should openly discuss with the child, ask him why he does this action, understand the child's true thoughts and moods, and tell the child the meaning behind bad social language, the adverse effects of using these words or actions, and help him realize the importance of civilized behavior.
Spreading social etiquette, advocating civilized language, and resisting Internet memes require the joint efforts of the whole society. Tu Yanguo said that whether to put a "seal" on children's social language as "not suitable for children", or sincerely encourage them to try to explore the "joint code" with elegant movements and full of positive energy, this question needs to be considered by schools, families and society. (Xinhua Daily Telegraph, reporter Xu Haibo)