The Paper reporter Han Xiaorong
"Chinese first-grade primary school students left their winter vacation homework in Paris and were brought back by netizens", "Primary school students lost their winter vacation homework when they traveled to Nanjing with their parents, and the police finally found it after extensive searches." Similar Internet topics have been frequently trending recently.
School is about to start. For parents, on the one hand, there is the joy of sending the mythical beast back to school, and on the other hand, there is the winter vacation homework that must be mentioned.
On February 19th, Shanghai’s 2.2 million primary and secondary school students started school. The previous two days were the back-to-school days for Shanghai’s primary and secondary schools. One of the key tasks for returning to school is to hand in winter vacation homework!
"Finally, at the last second before returning to school, the whole family mobilized and completed all the "Winter Vacation Life", extended homework, and various tabloids!" At 8 o'clock on February 18, Shanghai parent Ms. Lin sent her third-grade daughter to school. Finally, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
Mr. Qin, a Shanghai parent, said: "This Spring Festival holiday brings three questions to the soul: Have you finished your winter vacation homework? Is there a traffic jam on the way back? Do you dare to step on the scale? Among them, winter vacation homework ranks first among the three tortures of the soul, which makes people tremble!"
Many parents rode small electric donkeys to shuttle their children between various venues to complete their clock-in and stamp-out homework. Picture provided by parents
As the school year approaches, students are scrambling to catch up on their homework in the car on the way back, during travel, and in the library. There are also many parents riding small e-donkeys to shuttle their children between various venues to complete their clock-in and stamp-out homework.
Xiaoruo, a fifth-grade student, spent the first three days of school making up for his winter vacation homework until late at night every day. "My hands are swollen. The twenty days of relaxation before winter vacation were all used to double the debt repayment in the past few days before school started."
In order to make up for their winter vacation homework, some families went to work, some wrote with three pens in one hand, and some hired artificial intelligence to help. On e-commerce platforms, sales of “writing robots” have increased. They can not only copy texts and new words, but also draw tabloids.
Some people crazily make up for their homework, while others simply give up and stop catching up on their homework.
Xiaoqiang, who is in the first grade this year, has an older sister who is in the fourth grade. I heard from her sister that teachers don’t actually read their winter vacation homework carefully, and it’s not a big problem if they don’t do it. So when faced with his mother’s request to make up for winter vacation homework, Xiaoqiang made it clear: No!
Xiaochun, who was in seventh grade, directly brought government documents to confront her parents. The Shanghai Municipal Education Commission issued a notice: Primary and secondary schools are not allowed to use the completion of winter vacation homework as the basis for registration in the new semester. Xiaochun used this as a reason to choose not to do or hand in the winter vacation homework.
Will there be any impact if I don’t do my winter vacation homework?
A principal told The Paper that one of the more important functions of winter vacation homework is to calm children's minds. After a long vacation, some children become too wild and will not be able to take it back after school starts. There is time during the holidays for the children to review and review as much as they can. The school will not impose any strict requirements.
Some head teachers also said that when faced with the situation that all winter vacation homework has not been completed, teachers will not make things difficult for students when actually handling it.
The beginning of school is here, and the "fancy" homework rush has come to an end. Tomorrow will usher in a new semester. According to the regulations of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, whether primary and secondary school students have completed their winter vacation homework, it will not affect their registration for the new semester. Schools are not allowed to organize paper-and-pencil tests within 2 weeks of the start of the semester. Children must be given a transitional adjustment. Expect.
(The names of the interviewees mentioned in this article are pseudonyms)