It's just as late at your end...5-6 hours' sleep work for me, and my working hours are quite flexible.
When I was a primary school student, my parents gave me a lot of space and they did not force me to take any extracurricular activities, but I was told that doing homework and revising my lessons were my basic duties; I was quite obedient then, so I followed their instructions and finally graduated from a local university in reasonable grades. :)
My parents were not highly educated. They could not help me much with my homework, so it was mostly learning by myself and by asking teachers. The self-motivation was an important factor for me not to need much from my parents. Let's imagine children nowadays - can they (all or most of them) achieve good grades without private tutors or personal supervision from parents? Is self-motivation replaced by parents' pressure as the primary driving force for children's learning?
I had several occasions of "O-mouth" when I watched the videos. Some parents think the world is all about competition; pleasure and interest should give way to achievements and awards. Is this the value that we should be transmitting to our children, or is it a fact of life that we must back down to?
原帖由 619619 於 10-10-18 01:34 發表
When I was little, I also studied and did my homework at the playground downstairs of my home. At that time, I treasured very much of the fresh air / sunlight downstairs and I could even occupy one t ...
Remember some years ago, a documentary made by Stephen Chan of TVB said there were more than 1.3 million people living below the poverty line. Even though our income may sound high compared to many developing countries, our cost of living is even higher!
Government aids are often enough for very basic needs and you cannot have a satisfactory way of living off such aids alone.
It would probably take ages to ascertain the underlying causes of poverty. The cost and benefit of such an analysis must be weighed. We may probably assume that those who do nothing and rely on government aids are just a small minority.
Universities are mostly for academic training whereas primary/secondary schools have a big element on character development in addition to academic studies. "Tradiions" or culture of a tertiary institute are much less significant in the learning process than schools.
原帖由 DrBabyAlex 於 10-10-19 18:23 發表
Should we proposed that there should be an alumni (old boys) tradition in local universities?
University Entry exam. is a relatively fair competition for all students no matter they are from poor or ...