This time in previous years was the most prosperous day for summer training courses. There are overwhelming advertisements and various trainings are carried out in full swing. Relevant people even call this phenomenon the "summer vacation economy". However, the superficial glory of this year’s summer training courses cannot hide the embarrassing situation they encountered: one-third of the summer vacation has passed, and many summer training courses have no one. Mr. Chen from Luocheng Town, Hui'an County is currently experiencing such a dilemma.
As summer vacation approaches, I see that summer family training classes have been extremely lively and prosperous in recent years, and Mr. Chen, who has expertise in art, is moved. After a brief understanding of the training market, Mr. Chen began to get busy with children’s art training classes during the summer vacation. He rented an unused house in the center of the county town for 500 yuan per month as a classroom, and posted many of his most famous paintings on the walls. Past award certificates were also displayed in a conspicuous place in the classroom. The "classroom" was equipped with painting utensils, small tables and chairs, blackboards and easels, and Mr. Chen hired a friend who had studied art with him as a teacher.
"Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind." In order to attract students, Mr. Chen put a lot of effort into publicity. He first worked in front of his computer for a few days, and finally designed an admissions flyer and poster that was popular, attractive and artistic. After the enrollment flyers and posters were made, in order to expand the coverage of the flyers and prevent interference from relevant department staff, Mr. Chen chose a quiet night for a month and asked close friends to go out on the streets carrying buckets of paste. Mr. Chen and a few friends worked until early in the morning to put up the posters in a good manner. "Finally we're done. Now we can wait at home for the students to come to study." However, a few days passed and the summer vacation had begun. There were only a few parents and students who called to inquire. What's going on?
The puzzled Mr. Chen ran to the advertising column and took a look and was shocked: the huge advertising column was covered with colorful training class advertisements, and the poster he carefully designed was long gone. trace. Mr. Chen had no choice but to act as a "post-stealer" again one night, but not long after, numerous colorful training class enrollment advertisements covered it again.
Seeing that one-third of the summer vacation has passed, the number of students in Mr. Chen’s art training class is only handful. Looking at the empty "classroom", Mr. Chen complained endlessly. □Intern reporter Zhu Weijie, our reporter Liang Quanwei and Huang Wen’s beautiful article/picture
The story behind the summer training class
As soon as the summer vacation comes, various training classes are launched. How many formal training classes are there, and what is the effect of two months of training? During the interview, the reporter learned some behind-the-scenes stories about summer training.
Casting a Net in the Sky: The Story of Flyers
In order to gain a foothold in the fierce training class market, a powerful advertising campaign is essential. The person in charge of a training class told reporters that before the summer training war, they invested 20,000 yuan in advertising. "Tens of thousands of flyers alone were printed, and a large number of advertising brochures also needed to be produced." After these were produced, they also recruited some people to distribute and post flyers, and paid a certain amount of salary for this.
However, just when they were confidently preparing to launch an advertising campaign, they encountered continuous heavy rain. By the time the weather cleared, the scheduled start date had passed, and “the 20,000 yuan was wasted.” Several people originally hired to distribute flyers also disappeared, and they had to temporarily hire others at a high price.
Next, they pinned all their hopes on the second phase of enrollment and rushed to make some flyers to post and distribute everywhere. What's abominable is that a few days later, they found that many of their flyers were covered by flyers from other training classes. Although some of them escaped the fate of being dusted, they were replaced by others from other training classes in the contact information column. Contact number. Therefore, during the few days of registration, their registration office was empty. The network-like training class base they originally planned to establish in downtown Quanzhou was reduced to only two classes.
“Actually, training courses are not as good a place to make money as some people think.
"The person in charge said with deep feeling. □ Intern reporter Guo Xiaofeng and our reporter Huang Wenliang
Construction site classroom: the story of teaching
An undecorated brick house serves as In the classroom, a few long and narrow benches served as desks, some small plastic stools were brought in as chairs, and a student from a normal college who had not yet graduated acted as a teacher, thus setting up a rural summer training class in Fengwei Town, Quangang District. , although they had heard about it beforehand, when they arrived at the scene, the reporter was still surprised that the training class was held in a place similar to a construction site.
It is understood that this training class mainly recruits primary school graduates who are about to enter junior high school. There are about ten students, and the person who runs this training class is a student from a normal college who has not yet graduated. She told reporters that she started this training class to make her summer life more fulfilling, and at the same time. In order to gain some teaching experience and gain some experience in teaching after graduation,
For this reason, when the summer vacation came, she borrowed an undecorated empty house from her relatives and recruited neighbors. Some children set up such a simple training class. As for the teaching equipment - tables, chairs and small blackboards, they were also borrowed from relatives.
During the interview, the reporter found that such a simple training class was provided. There are still quite a few family training classes. Often, a few faculty members and some students are recruited nearby, and the summer training class can be held in a grand manner in a family restaurant. Intern reporter Chen Meixiang and Guo Xiaofeng, our reporter Liang Quanwei
Upgraded to six levels in a row: The story of the exam
“Last year, I was only a national piano level 1, and this year I am preparing to apply for level 7; last year, I was a national piano level 2, and this year I am preparing to apply for level 8. Nowadays, many parents hope that their children will succeed, and some summer training courses are also trying to encourage success. In fact, this is not a good thing for children. "In an interview, Deputy Director Ye of the Municipal Youth Palace told reporters about a scene that happened during last year's piano exam.
Deputy Director Ye said that the piano is called the "king of musical instruments." Piano is very beneficial to people's body and mind, so it has always been a hot spot for summer training in our city. After the country implemented the piano grading system in 1992, piano training became even more popular. "Last year, there were many students in our city who took the piano grading exam. There are more than 1,400 people. As for the number of people participating in the training, it far exceeds this number. "However, many people who learn piano fall into the misunderstanding of learning piano for the exam, and blindly pursue passing the exam quickly. It is very common to skip two or three levels." In order to cater to parents' requirements for reaching the top in one step, some training teachers ask students to work hard to get to the top. I sit at home and practice for several hours a day. In this way, even if they barely pass the exam, what real skills can students learn? ”□ Intern reporter Chen Meixiang and our reporter Liang Quanwei
He was so bored that he refused to attend training classes
While some summer training classes could not recruit students, many primary and secondary school students stayed there all day I’m so bored at home. “In addition to watching TV all day long, I really wish it would be more fun if school started earlier. "Complained this year, 12-year-old Li, a fifth-grade student at Jinguang Primary School in Quanzhou City.
Faced with the long summer vacation, there are not many primary and secondary school students who feel as at a loss as Li and even express the emotion of "holiday boredom". A few. 9-year-old Huang Yuquan is a third-grade student at Xiyu Primary School. Her daily schedule is as follows: doing homework from 8:00 to 10:30 in the morning, watching TV from 10:30 to 12:00, and watching TV from 12:00 to 12:00. Eat at 13:00, take a nap from 13:30 to 15:00, do homework from 15:00 to 18:00, watch TV or go shopping from 19:00 to 21:00, and go to bed at 21:00. “Besides eating and sleeping, there is nothing else. Watching TV and doing homework. Homework is troublesome and boring. "Huang Yuquan said that he likes traveling very much, and he also wants to participate in summer training courses such as guzheng and martial arts. But the summer is almost halfway over, and his parents still haven't let him sign up for training courses. He doesn't know why.
Ms. Wu, the mother of classmate Li, explained why she did not allow her children to sign up for summer training courses: “Nowadays, advertisements for training courses are flying all over the sky, and many of them are to defraud money. Besides, how much knowledge can be learned in one summer vacation? It's better to let the children play by themselves. However, there are not many places for children to play nowadays.
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During the interview, the reporter found that there are currently many parents who are skeptical about summer training courses. Ms. Liu, who runs a restaurant on Zhongshan Road, told reporters: "The training courses offered in society now are very unreliable. Many of the courses offered by schools are for exams. I think a holiday is a holiday, and I would rather let my children stay at home and sleep than go to a training class. "□Chen Shuhua Chen Guihong
There are many problems and it seems that the fire has to be reduced
"At present, there are more than 150 various training courses in our city that have obtained class licenses, and the summer courses held in the society Currently, none of the training courses has obtained the qualification to run the courses. ” A few days ago, in an interview with this reporter, the relevant person in charge of the Municipal Education Bureau said this.
In subsequent interviews, the reporter found that there are many problems with the summer training classes for primary and secondary school students in our city.
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According to the survey, training courses are currently run by all kinds of people: some are college teachers, some are staff engaged in certain professional and technical occupations, some are retired teachers, some are graduates of technical secondary schools or kindergarten teachers, etc. The types of training classes are even more diverse: piano, violin, calligraphy, traditional Chinese painting, dance, singing (including chorus, bel canto, etc.), English, computer... "Whatever is popular, whatever is popular; whatever needs to be tested, whatever can be done; Just do whatever you want to attract the attention of parents and children; there are also a variety of class venues: some are held at home, students come to the door, and teachers teach. These are concentrated in music, art and other training classes; some are in convenient transportation, Rent a room and teach in a busy place.
At present, the competition in the summer training class market in Quanzhou is very fierce, but there are some irregularities in the competition. According to Ye Ruifang, deputy director of the Municipal Youth Palace, some training classes go to schools and kindergartens to recruit students or distribute small advertisements before the summer vacation begins. Some schools run their own training classes, and teachers require students to attend their own training classes. In addition, some parents do not understand training courses, which has also led to the popularity of many non-standard training courses in the city.
Deputy Director Ye said helplessly that at present, the youth palaces in Fuzhou and Xiamen enroll between 6,000 and 8,000 people each year for summer training. As the largest training subject in the province, Although the Youth Palace is fully equipped, the number of people admitted to the Quanzhou Youth Palace is less than 2,000. The impact of unstandardized competition can be seen from this. □Intern reporter Li Yaqin and our reporter Huang Wenliang
Summer training in Quanzhou
Summer training courses are not a new thing that has only appeared in recent years. It has a place in our country's education system very early. Some middle-aged people and even elderly people in our city have participated in summer training courses. The development of summer training courses also reflects the development and progress of the times to a certain extent.
It is understood that in 1956, the Quanzhou Youth Palace began to set up summer and holiday training classes. At that time, the training programs only included singing and dancing, which were relatively monotonous and there were not many students. In the 1980s, because many primary and secondary school students had the ideal of "becoming scientists in the future", training courses in science and technology such as model aircraft, aerospace models, and car models became very popular. However, many parents now believe that model training is mainly "playing" and is of little help to their children. As a result, technology training classes have shrunk greatly and almost no students can be recruited.
Since the 1990s, training courses in Quanzhou have entered a period of rapid development. At that time, it was popular to hold any training courses. Since electronic keyboards and pianos were the most popular, the training classes were mainly about electronic keyboards and pianos. However, the types of music training classes now basically cover all types of musical instruments. Music training classes are so popular that grade examinations are an important factor. In 1994, only a few dozen people in Quanzhou took the music exam. In 1997, about 200 people participated. Since 1998, the number of candidates has almost doubled every year. This year, there are more than 2,200 candidates for the music category, of which the largest number are piano candidates, about 1,400.
In recent years, art, English, and computer training in Quanzhou have also been very popular, especially English, which has developed rapidly and is likely to catch up with others.
In 1993, Quanzhou Youth Palace opened English and computer training classes at the same time. The English class has an average of more than 500 students each year, and the computer class has an average of 300-400 students each year. However, the number of students is not as good as that in society. training courses. The reason is that there are too many similar training courses in the society, many of which use college teachers and foreign teachers as their "selling points", attracting many students; moreover, parents have a preconceived psychological belief that the Youth Palace mainly teaches singing and dancing. For those who play musical instruments and learn foreign languages, it is better to take specialized training classes outside. In addition, in recent years, computer education has been integrated into daily teaching in middle schools and even primary schools, and computer training classes have gradually become dull. In the past, the 200 places in the computer training class at the Youth Palace were in short supply. However, the number gradually cooled down after 2000, and now only more than 70 people can be recruited in one class.