Part Ⅵ Writing (45 min)
Some parents are over-concerned about the education of theirpre-school children, so they send their kids to various trainingprograms, believing that such a move is significant for thepromising prospect of their children. But other parents areconvinced that pre-school should spend their time enjoyingthemselves. Write a composition of about 400 words to state your view.
In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second partyou should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring whatyou have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow theabove instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Leaving Pre-schooners Unchained
Every Friday evening, my five-year-old nephew is unhappy since he has to get up early nextmorning for a piano lesson instead of having a sound sleep on weekend. Actually, he is just one ofthe thousands of pre-school children in the city suffering from the overload of a variety of trainingcourses. From my point of view, the disadvantages of overemphasized pre-school education haveoutweighed its benefits and hampered children’s healthy growth.
First of all, various training courses are a heavy burden to children’s physical development. At thisstage children’s physical development makes it difficult for them to adapt to vast amounts of newinformation. And their fun-loving nature determines that they need games and outdoor activities,just as seedlings long for sunshine. Confined indoors and forced to sit in lectures all day long, livelychildren may be turned into a group of bookworms with thick glasses and pale faces. Isn’t it sadwhen that takes place even before the formal schooling begins! Then how can they meet theexpectation of becoming backbones of the future society and shouldering up the responsibility tobuild our nation into a more prosperous one?
Secondly, too much pressure deprives children’s freedom, which is harmful to their psychologicaldevelopment. Parents send their children to training courses of various sorts for fear that their kidsare not competent enough in the future. However, parents cannot tell precisely what fits theirchildren and what does not. Every kid is talented in some aspects. Forced learning would onlycause tension and strain or even damp the enthusiasm for future study. No adult will tolerate awhole day’s study with no fun and being stuffed with arduous knowledge, let alone children. As thesaying goes, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Last but not least, tuition of such trainings is an extra onerous financial burden for the familybudget. A considerable amount of money is consumed on courses ranging from piano lesson tocomputer class. Sometimes, enrolling in training courses has become so trendy that parents aretempted to climb on the bandwagon. In that case it is the last straw on the camel’s back since themiddle-aged parents have already got loads of burdens such as supporting their elderly parentsand so on.
As the society becomes increasingly sophisticated, a higher expectation on education growsnaturally. However, with a multitude of unsuccessful experiences of pre-schooling, this practicemay be regarded as an event with double efforts but half achievement. Childhood, as a majorepisode of life that produces the happiest and sweetest memory, should be treasured andprotected. Therefore, I just call on all parents to unchain your children, to give time back to them.