Réponse:
Yes. As long as the parent still allows them to play with friends, relax, have fun, go on holidays (take breaks from studying), then I say sure. Go ahead. Every child should have their equal balance of education and having a social, fun life.
One of my friends’ parents are really strict and she has a busy schedule. My friend (Let’s call her Becca), is hardly available and has tutoring up to 7 o'clock or so. That is due to the fact her mother went to Harvard university and earned straight A’s in middle school.
Becca now doesn’t understand things socially as much as others do. Like when someone exaggerates something jokingly she thinks that they’re serious and tells them off. When someone is joking she thinks it’s serious and she tells them that it’s rude/not actually true.
Now my other friend (Let’s call her Daisy), is not very smart as the others. She’s also very sensitive emotionally. She thinks that everything is fun and games. She doesn’t think much ahead and doesn’t think of the challenges of her future dream job. She also doesn’t have any tutoring as far as I know. She doesn’t need to work very hard. One good grade report and both her and her sister get their first smartphones. (At the age of 11, and her sister is 8.) She also didn’t even know that her father’s smoking could cause him cancer until I told her so when she was 11.
Please future parents, teach your kids to be smart and have fun. Don’t teach your kids to be like Becca or Daisy.
P.S I know it could be just their personality but there’s a high chance it’s also because of my reasons. This is also not offending my friends, I love my friends despite their intelligence.
Do you agree with kids going to private classes everyday after school? Why/why not?
I think some of the reasons for having private classes after school every day cannot be defended but there are others that are perfectly reasonable
Negatives for private classes after school :
Classes all day and classes after to school may be too much for many kids
There might be more useful/enjoyable thing for the kid to do
They might make the child unhappy or bored
The expense of private classes might be higher than their value
The quality, qualifications and experience of the teacher may not be acceptable
Learning
The question raises a lot of questions. Whose idea is it, to have private classes after school every day, the parent’s or child’s? Are they academic courses or for the development of hobbies? Is there time for hanging out and socializing with their peers, both in and out of classes? How much “down time” does the child have during the day?
When we adults get home from work, we all need some time to relax and unwind. Children’s “work” is going to school, and they need that time to decompress, as well. You can push a child to do all of this, but in the end it’s like telling an adult to work 60 hours a week, month after month. It’s just too much.
