Recently, Hubei Yichang Tianwen Education Group advocated that "everyone learns to beat eggs" during the winter vacation and designated this as a school-based course for the new semester, which has attracted widespread attention. On January 29, the relevant person in charge of Tianwen Education Group said: "There was research in the early stage and planning later. Parents' opinions were solicited, and most parents agreed and supported it." In addition, the relevant school-based courses opened in the new semester are "not compulsory." The classes are just interest classes and are not compulsory. Each school department and each grade can conduct them independently according to the actual situation."
As a form of poker competition, how popular is egg-breaking? According to incomplete statistics, in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces alone, more than 20 million people regularly participate in various egg-cracking activities, and the number of egg-cracking enthusiasts nationwide has reached 140 million. In 2023, egg-breaking has been listed as a performance event at the Fifth National Intellectual Games, competing with traditional events such as chess, bridge, and backgammon.
In the past year, egg-breaking has exploded in popularity, sweeping across the country. Egg-breaking is not only a popular game, but also becoming a popular social tool. On January 29, a reporter from the media inquired on the National Social Organization Credit Information Disclosure Platform (Trial Operation) and found that there are currently 159 social organizations in the country that contain the word "掼 egg", 40 of which were established within one year, and more and more people participate in the egg-cracking economy.
From the perspective of entertaining and educating, it seems inappropriate for the school to encourage students to "learn how to beat eggs", so many netizens expressed support for the school. However, from the perspective of the role positioning of "winter vacation homework", although this special "homework" has earned enough eyeballs, its actual significance cannot be overestimated.
Since it is "winter vacation homework", students naturally need to complete it on time. But as a game, physical and mental pleasure is undoubtedly the first priority. Therefore, we cannot help but fall into a dilemma: What should those students and parents who are not interested in egg-cracking do? As a game that emphasizes teamwork, Egg Breaking requires the cooperation of teammates. In other words, this is not only a "winter vacation homework" for children, but also a "winter vacation homework" for their parents. In fact, this is the original intention of the school to assign homework - the person in charge of the school once said: "Children and their families practice egg-breaking together during weekends, holidays, and the Spring Festival. In such healthy entertainment activities, they can experience special parent-child time. , can cultivate a good parent-child relationship, reduce the opportunities for elders to play cards and gamble with others, promote family harmony, and promote community civilization.”
We cannot deny the good intentions of the school, but we cannot deny that not everyone is interested in egg-cracking. Although the school stated that "the majority of parents agree and support", even if only a few parents express opposition, their voices should not be ignored. Although the school emphasizes that "it is not a compulsory course, it is just an interest course, and it is not compulsory. Each department and grade can conduct it independently according to the actual situation." The key to the problem is, do students have enough choice? In other words, besides egg-cracking, does the school offer any similar interest classes?
Under the background of "double reduction", it is understandable that schools actively explore the use of entertainment to educate. However, from the perspective of cultivating children's comprehensive quality, it is necessary to provide them with more colorful ways to play on the basis of respecting children's wishes and interests. This is the most noteworthy issue in this incident - even if it is to encourage children to play , nor should it be simply “one size fits all”.
Yangcheng Evening News Zhao Zhijiang