Parents are advised not to touch the Olympiad for any reason, as long as it is possible to keep their children away. If you can't try, don't try the olympiad. The olympiad is poisonous. Olympic Mathematics can really solve some problems of entering higher schools, but it is very similar to quenching thirst by drinking poison. Although some problems have been solved now, the problems will be even bigger in the future.
China's performance in the Olympic Games is eye-catching, and China's players have always performed well in the international Olympic Games. A large number of Olympic athletes from other countries are from China, and even all of them are from China.
I'm going to throw cold water here. I think China's good results in the Olympics are hard to prove or even meaningless. If we have to find something, perhaps the greatest significance is that students who win the international Olympic Games can be sent to prestigious schools. As for overseas Chinese, their grades are also very good, which has nothing to do with math level and talent. It can only show that China people in other countries, like China people in China, are very good at using the platform of Olympic Mathematics to achieve their goal of further education, while foreigners in other countries don't understand or will not do it.
Besides China, which other countries are keen on the Olympics? Actually, there is. Russia is also an Olympic power. Although Russia and China are both Olympic powers, the results are quite different. Russian olympiad has trained many mathematicians and geniuses, while China's olympiad has trained countless problem-solving experts. Russian is a big country in mathematics, and China is a big country in Olympics.
Russian mathematics is a big country? Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the entire scientific and technological community in Russia has gone backwards, and the brain drain is very rapid and profound. Once, there was a joke in American universities. American universities were American buildings, professors from the former Soviet Union and students from China.
But as long as you know some mathematics, even Russia, which is far behind and has a serious brain drain, has a much higher level of mathematics than China, and it is difficult to surpass it in a short time. To be clear in advance, netizens should not talk about rankings. If you say that China's mathematics is better than Russia's according to, for example, qs ranking, or you quote a mathematician in China to prove that China's mathematics is better than Russia's, I won't argue with you. You think it's right.
Interest is the difference between Chinese and Russian students in Olympic Mathematics. So what's the difference between Russian and China in Olympic Mathematics?
China's Olympiad itself is very problematic. The biggest difference between China and Russia in Olympic Mathematics training lies in the reasons why students study Olympic Mathematics. Russian students can't say that they don't have a utilitarian heart in learning Olympic Mathematics, but the biggest motivation for students to learn Olympic Mathematics must be their interest in mathematics. However, the biggest motivation for China students to learn Olympic Mathematics is not their interest in mathematics, but their ranking in the Olympic Mathematics Competition, so that they can go to a good junior high school, a good high school and even a good university. China and Russian students are engaged in Olympic Mathematics for different reasons, which leads to different development in the future.
Because the biggest goal of China Olympic Games is to make achievements. Therefore, whether it is a coach or a student who trains students, they can do whatever it takes to achieve results in the Olympic Mathematics, which undermines the goal of the Olympic Mathematics itself. China's Olympic Mathematical Training, more or less, can't be said to be a hidden rule, but simply a clear rule. I've never seen an exception. The so-called "play more and play less" means solving low-level math problems with more advanced methods. This kind of dimensionality reduction attack has excellent effect and can quickly improve students' Olympic math scores. Therefore, it has almost become a standard for primary school students to learn Olympiad by using the method of sequence and binary linear equation, and even some shocking things that some local primary schools use calculus to solve Olympiad problems in senior grades have been reported. This quasi-cheating method led to the fairness and chaos of the China Olympic Games. In order to cooperate with the so-called steps of Olympic Mathematics, the biggest secret of many so-called Olympic gold medal coaches is to crack the methods of senior grades and let students express themselves in the way of junior grades. This magical invention is also a major feature. This makes the Olympic Games lose its due role. The purpose of Olympic Mathematics is to test who learns well, but now it has become to see who learns more.
Russia's Olympic Mathematics training is still to solve the Olympic Mathematics problem in strict accordance with the correct method, and does not engage in such a healthy blow. Although Russian students get the results of Olympic Mathematics, they will easily go to some good universities. But in this respect, Russian students and coaches can still stick to the bottom line.
China Olympic Mathematics lets students brush more questions in order to get results. More types of math problems can improve grades, which is almost the safest way to improve grades. However, this method almost obliterates the last interest of students engaged in Olympic mathematics in mathematics. Students who want to enter higher education through Olympic Mathematics have achieved due results in the cruel training of brushing questions. But the result of brushing a lot of questions is that I lose interest in mathematics. Of course, it's not just math, it's not just Olympics. Students in China are generally tired of learning. Don't say that students who don't study well are tired of learning. Even the freshmen of Peking University are 40% so tired. And this figure is still a very conservative assessment. It is hard to imagine that a person who is not interested in learning can make a breakthrough in his later study.
In this regard, Russia's approach is much better. Russians don't do many problems in this respect, but cultivate mathematical thinking. It may not be as good as domestic students, but it can improve students' understanding and interest in mathematics. In other words, Russian students' Olympic math training is of great benefit to their future development. Russian Olympiad is equivalent to improving students' mathematical quality. If you engage in mathematics research in the future, these internal skills will be greatly improved.
There is only one reason why many Russian mathematicians are engaged in Olympic Mathematics, that is, I am interested in mathematics. One of the most famous is grigory perelman, who is praised as a man of god by the mathematical circles. This man of God was deified in World War I because he solved the problem of Poincare's conjecture in this century. But he rejected all honors and positions, including the Fields Prize (the highest prize in mathematics) and millions of bonuses. His answer is: "I'm not interested in money. I just solved a math problem. I don't like being put in the spotlight by you."
Although it is difficult under the pressure of entering a higher school in China, maintaining and cultivating children's due interest is the key factor for a child to become a master. I hope parents can consciously cultivate their children's interest.
China's Olympiad is not only the last one, but also a tool for quick success. This sentence may be a little one-sided, but all the olympiad numbers I have come into contact with are similar, even if there are exceptions, they are very few examples. And the most terrible thing about this training model is that it can make a good training model worse, which is the so-called bad money driving out good money.
Neither parents nor students can tolerate a slow and poor teacher and learning style. So in China, you can only use China as a training method. Of course, this problem is not only the Olympiad, but also the education in China. If you don't cooperate, you will be eliminated.
This year's college entrance examination, a key high school did not engage in exam-oriented education, and the principal of this school was dismissed by a group of parents who pulled banners in the street. The reasons given by these parents are very interesting Parents don't deny that the headmaster made a mistake. But as long as your grades are not good, everything you say and do is wrong. Finally, they successfully removed the principal. Do you think it's amazing? You have read it all. Please give me a compliment and pay more attention.
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