Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2958 Tutoring

Children's education is indeed a topic that cannot be avoided.

Zhou Buqi couldn't avoid it and could only face it.

  You can't just give birth to children and not raise them, right?

He has quite a few children. Now, he has a 9-year-old eldest daughter Zhou Xin, a 6-year-old second daughter Zhou Nianyi, a 3-year-old daughter Zhou Ning, a 3-year-old son Zhou Jianzhou, a less than 2-year-old son Zhou Jingce, a daughter Zhou Muring, and a son Zhou Yanli.

In addition, Yang Mi is pregnant with a daughter, due in early March next year, and Bao Shan is also pregnant with her second child, due in August next year.

As children grow up, as parents, we really need to plan our children's education strategies.

Given the Zhou family’s circumstances, the educational dilemma is certainly not the allocation of funds and educational resources, but the choice between happiness and excellence.

Education can make people grow, but it means stepping out of their comfort zone and making their childhood less happy. The mainstream educational trend in Europe and the United States advocates happy education.

This is a bit troublesome.

  How to choose?

A person's life is the same in ancient and modern times, in China and abroad. 60% is determined by his father. As the children of Zhou Buqi, even if you are not so outstanding, you can still have a dream life in the future.

However, Ning Yaxian and Wen Zhixia, mothers whose daughters have grown up, obviously look down on the happy education system in the United States.

They prefer the domestic education method.

When Zhou Buqi went upstairs to change his clothes, Aunt Xue and Ning Yaxian kept pestering him, demanding an explanation.

It is said that a good woman can make three generations rich. Women obviously value education more than men.

Zhou Buqi hesitated and said, "I don't know much about education. Let alone the United States, I don't even know much about the education situation in China. Is it better to enroll children in extracurricular classes or to let them grow up freely without any classes? This seems to be controversial, and many education experts have no idea."

"No!" Aunt Xue did not let him go and said angrily, "Is this how you act as a man? You are not responsible at all."

Zhou Buqi was very surprised and said, "How am I irresponsible? How about you just stand here and lean against the wall, and I will take you in?"

Aunt Xue felt a little embarrassed. Although she didn't hide it from Ning Yaxian, she was too embarrassed to flirt in front of her. She said angrily, "You just give birth to children, and then you abandon us women? Education is a big deal. You are a man, you have to make a decision."

"I have never raised a child, so I really don't have any experience..." Zhou Buqi really didn't know how to make a choice. "But I know football, and I can tell something from the development of youth football in Europe."

"football?"

Aunt Xue frowned slightly; she didn't quite understand.

Zhou Buqi said: "European football is very strong. In countries like England and Spain, almost every boy plays football since childhood. There are many clubs there with a strong football culture and a huge football foundation."

Aunt Xue was a little reluctant, "What does this have to do with education?"

"Yes!" Zhou Buqi then got to the point, "Chinese football is very backward, so many experts often go to Europe to study the development of their youth football... Take Zhang Lu, the football commentator. You've seen him on TV, right?"

"do not know."

Aunt Xue snorted softly, and together with Ning Yaxian, she took off his coat and helped him change into casual home clothes.

Zhou Buqi said: "Anyway, after they went to Europe for a survey, they started to promote it in China. According to the European youth football model they found, they customized the concept of developing football for the domestic youth group - happy football."

"what?"

Aunt Xue and Ning Yaxian were busy changing his underwear, both squatting under her. When they heard this, they raised their heads to look at him at the same time.

Here comes the point! Zhou Buqi said: "The basis of youth training in Europe is indeed happy football. Children only train three or four days a week, about an hour a day, and play football like a game. There is no ranking or scoring in the competition. They think that children in China train too much and too hard since they are young. Not only do they lose their interest in football, but they also lose their imagination."

Ning Yaxian nodded slightly, agreeing, "Yes, that's what I mean. The reason why the United States is so innovative and has so many scientists who have won the Nobel Prize is because they have professional interests and imagination. Many people say that the kind of study in China that is based on exams has rigidified children's thinking. They have become tools for solving problems, but have lost interest in the process of constant repetition."

Zhou Buqi said: "After I went to Europe, especially after acquiring Manchester United, I saw the youth training of the real top clubs and found that there are actually many misunderstandings."

"misunderstanding?"

"Well, Manchester United's youth training team does have a low training volume, only three or four days a week, and only one or two hours each time. However, the best young players, the ones who really have the potential to become professional players, are crazy, and they practice for at least seven or eight hours a day. In order to practice well, they not only practice every day, but also hire private coaches."

“Like in China?”

"The amount of training is much greater than that in China!" Zhou Buqi shook his head. "I also have a club in China, and I have done some research on it. The kids in the youth training team play games online when they have free time. When they are older, they start smoking and drinking. I have seen many kids in Manchester United who have professional dreams. It can be said that football is everything in their lives. They practice in the club, hire private coaches, practice in school, and play football in the yard when they go home. They even hug the ball when they go to bed at night."

Aunt Xue also understood and asked in surprise, "So European football players actually work harder than domestic players?"

Zhou Buqi said: "That's for sure. No matter how much talent you have, it's useless if you don't work hard. Moreover, hard work must start from childhood, especially if you want to be a professional. If you want to become one of the top hundreds of professional players in the world, you must have professional training and work hard from a young age. The domestic investigation team learned about happy football, light training, and interest cultivation, but they only learned the basics. They didn't see where the real strength of European football lies. There are no shortcuts in this world, and all success is inseparable from extreme efforts."

Ning Yaxian is concerned about education, so she naturally understands what her man means. She said slowly, "Yes, the happy education in the United States is the same. At first glance, it is indeed happy education. Children are very happy in school. They learn very little knowledge in school, the class time is very short, and there are no exams. In school, they mainly play happily. However, the elite class who really value education will find extracurricular tutoring for their children in addition to school education."

Zhou Buqi nodded and said, "Well, the happy education in school is just a superficial appearance. Extracurricular tutoring outside of school is the key to turning a cocoon into a butterfly."

Ning Yaxian agrees. "Yes, there are many arguments in China that the American happy education is so good for children... This is really a huge misunderstanding. In my opinion, happy education is like a huge conspiracy, which is a huge conspiracy to divide children into different levels from a young age."

Aunt Xue didn't quite understand at first why she said there was a big conspiracy hidden in the American education system. Now she finally understood it and said in astonishment: "Through the allocation of educational resources, children are separated from each other from an early age? Children from poor families cannot receive extracurricular tutoring, so they are destined to have poor grades and will only be at the bottom of society in the future. However, children from elite families can receive the most educational resources from an early age, so their children will naturally become elites when they grow up."

Ning Yaxian said: "That's what I mean. Otherwise, I would say that the domestic education system is more fair."

Aunt Xue became nervous and said, "Then we must not be fooled by happy education!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Stop talking about conspiracy theories. People have different ideas. They believe that school is a place to make friends and play with classmates. To put it bluntly, school is a place for socializing. In today's society, socializing is more important than knowledge. With basic social skills, you can survive. If you want to become a middle class or even an elite, you need better knowledge and professional skills. Domestic education is indeed very good and powerful, but haven't you noticed that many college students who have received higher education don't even have basic social skills when they enter society. They have all the skills but no survival instinct."

Ning Yaxian was also a college student in the 1990s. Unlike Aunt Xue, she was not indecisive and disagreed. "Indeed, the primary and secondary schools in the United States focus on teaching basic common sense, and knowledge is not the focus. It is only when you reach high school and college that you really learn knowledge. However, it cannot be denied that this is a huge conspiracy. Don't be fooled."

After changing his clothes, Zhou Buqi was held on both sides by Aunt Xue and Ning Yaxian, like a prisoner, and was escorted to the living room on this floor, where he was pressed onto the sofa.

Ning Yaxian continued the previous topic and said, "If you don't lay a good foundation in learning when you are young, when you reach high school, the amount of knowledge suddenly increases, and you will face the pressure of taking the college entrance examination. At this time, who can keep up with the courses? Only two kinds of people can keep up. One is the children from wealthy families above the middle class who have been taking extracurricular tutoring since childhood. The other is the genius students with extremely high talents who can understand a lot of knowledge at a glance. The rest of the children with mediocre talents and who have not received any extracurricular tutoring since childhood will not be able to go to college. They can only fall to the bottom of society and become workers or waiters, becoming the lowest level of sand in this society."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "That's true."

This also has its pros and cons.

This kind of education structure design can greatly reduce the involutionary effect in society and will not turn social resources into a seller's market... It can allow every knowledgeable and capable person to find his or her own place.

The situation is different in China. A large number of knowledgeable and cultured people have been cultivated, but there are not enough jobs. This will lead to a large number of knowledgeable and capable people being absent in society. These people claim to be knowledgeable and cultured, but it is difficult for them to get jobs as workers, waiters, deliverymen, etc. at the bottom level, and it is even more impossible for them to return to their hometowns to farm. This will cause the society to become more and more inward-looking.

Social competition is extremely fierce.

The educational structure in the United States divides people very early on... From the time a child receives education, his future life is basically determined. This is actually very cruel, because the elites can provide sufficient educational resources for their offspring, so that their offspring will continue to be elites. Unless the offspring of poor people are gifted, it is difficult for them to turn their lives around, and they can only continue to be poor, and the class change in society will be very low.

Ning Yaxian said: "Geniuses may be able to stand out in the happy education system, but I dare not bet on it. The early bird catches the worm and can fly far. The smart bird flies first and can of course fly farther. It's useless to feel bad about this kind of thing. As parents, we can't just think about making our children happy. Only fools are happy every day. We still have to grit our teeth and accept extracurricular tutoring to make up for all the courses. It would be best to send them back every summer vacation to gain experience in those educational institutions in China."