Author: Mimi abolished winter vacation homework's pioneering work in Taipei these days, which really made Mu very happy. Although we are located in New Taipei, we are still willing to rejoice in this policy of bravely admitting the facts.

Although the role of Lost is a coincidence from summer homework, it is actually the result of a revolution led by Mu.

During the summer vacation from the third day to the fourth day of 20 14, I got a summer homework (summer homework from the textbook manufacturer), which was to study the ecology of "Elk" first, and then make a three-dimensional pillow. Speaking of the three-dimensional pillow, children must sew two three-dimensional eyeballs, a three-dimensional nose, a three-dimensional mouth, three-dimensional antlers and three-dimensional ears first, and then sew them one by one with cotton.

Perhaps this is extreme ... A few over-age girls can accomplish this feat independently (girls usually develop much faster than boys), but I know very well that our 9-year-old rabbit is helpless, and I also believe that this homework is impossible for most 9-year-old children, and the chances of adults not interfering at all are slim.

In fact, I didn't intend to let him copy the text according to the table at all, just thinking of an alternative. At this moment, one day I came home from work and found that my depressed mother-in-law and lost lost way spent most of the time making a grotesque elk ear according to the requirements of the summer vacation manual. But because I didn't have the logic of copywriting and cutting skills, I couldn't say it three-dimensionally, and my ears, eyes, nose, antlers and mouth could not be properly combined.

To tell the truth, the difficulty of that homework, even for adults, is by no means beyond everyone's ability to complete.

If I were a mother with poor sewing skills and high obedience, I would take it to the tailor's shop at the corner of the lane without saying anything. However, Mu himself is not only poor in craftsmanship, but also poor in obedience. So I decided to let the children put down this unrealistic task at hand and put down this practice of ignoring their actual physical and mental age.

"Now you design an elk, and then I'll take you to a DIY cup and plate shop, and then you can draw your design on the cup and plate." I said.

Get lost and say, "No! Just painting. It's too easy. What if I am scolded? 」

I said, "Don't worry, if you are really scolded, I will explain it to the teacher for you. 」

Lost: "Ho ho! I don't want to be repaired! 」

I said, "After all, that's homework that a 9-year-old can't do. What did you learn if I helped you finish it? " Steal a step? What is right and what is wrong? Bureaucrats or liars? It was obviously your summer homework, but it turned out that mom wanted to finish it. What kind of trick is this? I finished my summer homework very early in my life, and now it's yours. You have to take care of yourself. 」

Looking at his anxious face, I told him: "Don't worry, I will tell the teacher that this is your real level, which a 9-year-old child should have." Even if the score is poor, even if you are scolded, at least you did it yourself. This is the truest look at your age. And why do you think teachers curse? Perhaps after seeing the same elk pillow, your work may not make the teacher feel fresh and interesting! 」

So I got lost and went to the shop where I painted porcelain plates, and painted his elk patterns on cups, plates and canvas bags. After I finished, I looked at this silly elk and thought it was a pity to end it like this. So I asked my children to take this elk as the protagonist and record the bits and pieces of summer vacation life with graphic creation. I didn't expect him to be happy! Compared with the standard life diary, children prefer this free-style diary style.

Lost, so born.

Later, I got lost, volunteered to contribute this summer homework to the "National Illustration Competition" of Silent Wenchuang, and won the first prize in the first phase and the best popularity award in the second phase among 700 contestants.

The happiest thing is that the lost teacher loves his summer homework very much and displays his graphic diary in the library area at the back of the classroom for students to browse for a long time.

When it comes to "obedience", the reason is that I am more willing to defend my child's "authenticity" after in-depth thinking than unconditional blind obedience. If I obey the system just for obedience's sake, the truth will be sacrificed. Children's summer homework is originally a child's business! Parents only do OEM work for a job, which becomes negative education. Even if the score is beautiful, it is perfunctory and fictional. In this way, what concepts did the winter and summer homework teach children? But in fact, it is often difficult for people who have never been parents to imagine the difficulties in actual operation. The content of homework in winter and summer vacations can often be surprisingly amazing. I once had a child of a relative and friend. The content of my summer homework was "collect insects from more than six cities, catch them, feed them and write down their experiences."

Here comes the question:

1. Traveling to more than six cities in just two months during the summer vacation is equivalent to traveling once every 10 day on average. How do dual-income parents achieve this goal?

2. does every family have such good economic conditions, such as transportation, accommodation, eating, drinking and having fun ... everything needs money, so it is not appropriate to pile up homework with money?

3. Even if the task of traveling to six cities is successfully completed, can you catch bugs? Huh? It's too difficult! !

4. Even if insects are successfully caught in six cities, is it against ecological principles to bring them back for reproduction? Will you die?

Therefore, most parents choose to go to pet shops to buy live animals. After getting a bunch of exotic species, some insects were killed (heinous crimes) and some insects were released (exotic species destroyed the local biological chain). What did our children learn in this process?

A colleague once complained about winter vacation homework, where a child "visited 10 tourist areas, posted tickets in the creative book and wrote down his experiences".

The original intention of this assignment is good, encouraging parents and children to swim together and create beautiful memories, but the problem of extension is also great:

1. If we take a walk in Bitan and visit Chenghu, it won't be counted in our homework, because those places don't accept tickets.

2. If we go to the Forbidden City to see the exhibition, Huashan or the North America Pavilion to see the exhibition, we can definitely get tickets for this kind of activity, but it is mostly static. Don't run hard for children on long holidays.

Really? The exhibition can be seen at any time, which is something that can only be done on weekdays and weekends. Why kidnap a child and take a long vacation to finish it?

Some parents don't drive (I do), so there are fewer opportunities to go to other counties and cities. During the short winter vacation, people are crowded, so we can't buy tickets or book hotels.

Factors, can go to one or two places has been very hard.

There are also some ambitious assignments in winter and summer vacations, such as "keeping a diary every day" or "doing housework every day, recording items and time" ... and so on. This will only develop the habit of perfunctory and fabricated children. It is a repeated childhood experience for Mu to try to finish dozens of spinning diaries the night before school starts. In addition, it is said every day that writers are really dreaming. My children are one of the few children who are good at housework, but after all. If children don't take the initiative, parents are angry to meet the requirements of the school, and doing housework on the spot becomes a tug-of-war between parents and children.

Children should gradually develop a good habit of being happy and actively sharing housework. Being forced will only make them hate. Besides, housework is a kind of training that should be carried out on weekdays. How good can you actually achieve by sharing housework as your homework and making achievements in winter and summer vacations? I really doubt it. So what is the truth of the dense "daily family list"? How long is the holiday? Probably only the client knows.

Our society is too stingy to let children play. Think about the fact that children in Taiwan Province Province don't have winter and summer vacations in kindergartens, because both parents have to go to work, so children are naturally forced to attend winter and summer vacation courses, not to mention that they don't have winter and summer vacations after entering junior high school.

Compared with western countries, children in Taiwan Province Province enjoy the summer vacation for only five years, and the year from large class to small class is over.

Let's think it over. Nowadays, children are really suffering, even more than office workers. Office workers get off work after work, but children get up at 6 o'clock every morning. After a day's study, some have to take piano lessons, some have to make up English, math, composition and mental arithmetic, and some have to take piano lessons and violin lessons ... When they go home, they have to do their homework, and some strict parents will ask them to do their homework.

There is still a lifetime to be busy in life. Why should we deprive our children of this short five-year holiday? Let them play well and encourage them to pursue their dreams! Pursue those dreams that can't be realized normally!

Dd has many dreams to realize. They want to put together 25,000 pieces of Lego that they usually don't have time to finish. They want to assemble steel bomb models; They plan to learn 10 kinds of desserts and 30 courses; They want to go skateboarding crazily during the holidays; They want to go to Taichung to see dinosaurs. They want to finish a vegetable planting wall on the terrace; They want to camp; They want to sleep well and wake up naturally; They have a lot of books to read, they want to play, they want to be in a daze. Return the holiday to the children, give them the opportunity to pursue their dreams, and realize some dreams that they usually have no chance to realize. Let them learn to arrange their own time, the best way is definitely not to control, but to let go and give them back their time. Everything comes from practice. Children should practice independence, and adults should practice letting go of control. Of course, children should be generously given space to dream and encouraged to find interests. When the festival comes, open the cage and let them fly freely.

* This article is reproduced from Lost and Exploding Fans.

"This article is the author's view on cooperative innovation, not his position."