Chunhui and Shangdeng, a happy mother and sonEnsure sleep, stick to exercise, and learn happilyis a small goal for the three years of middle school~Every week, I go to the seaside football field to play a game with good friends
Before school was out, I saw the score in the DingTalk group, a big letter: C.It was all calculation problems, a total of 6 questions, 2 wrong.Yesterday it was still a B, with a total of 10 questions, 3 wrong.Yesterday I criticized him, saying he wasn’t doing well, and today he directly got a C.I can’t tolerate this anymore, I decided to put some pressure on him—before the age of 12, to give my child a happy childhood, I never required him to score full marks, get a perfect score, or rank among the top in class.Although I didn’t apply pressure, because the focus was on developing habits, and the elementary school curriculum wasn’t difficult, he always scored 90+, and when he came home, I would say, “That’s good, that’s good.”As a result, every teacher in elementary school evaluated him as: “Buddhist.”This is the evaluation from his elementary school English teacher:
Now, in middle school, not applying pressure is not an option.The key is, he is still the math class representative—he campaigned for the position and got it, haha.I have thought it through, I will implement a punishment measure: for every question wrong, do 10 questions.When we first meet after school, it’s not suitable for a mischievous child; the kid hasn’t seen his mom all day, and it’s not appropriate to be mischievous right away;After some small talk, I caught a glimpse of him in the passenger seat seriously munching on an apple, which is a new variety this year, looking bright red and nice. I tasted it, it’s sweet and sour, very delicious… At this time, it seems inappropriate to be mischievous, it’s a bit of a mood killer;After getting out of the car, from the garage to home, it’s not suitable, who knows which car might have a neighbor, the child is older now, needs to maintain face;In the elevator, it’s even more inappropriate, there are cameras;……Back home, I opened the door, ah, finally reached the suitable ground for being mischievous, I put down the keys and started to scold him seriously, saying, “Shangdeng, what happened in math today?”Shangdeng said, “Shh,” then he ran to the balcony and shouted loudly, “Mom, there are people playing football downstairs!”“Bye-bye, Mom, I was wrong, I will change, come back and you can continue to scold me!”“Thank you, Mom, you are the best.”I had been preparing for this all the way, I had thought about it for half the afternoon, I just found the right feeling, and he went downstairs to play football!I, I, I, I will find math problems!I am ready!When he comes back, he will have to do them!One page a day! For every question wrong, do 10 more!That’s the plan.Look, this is the result of the work:
Calculations, this road, we have been chasing for 6 years.In the first grade of elementary school, Shangdeng at the elementary school at our doorstep, the math teacher required 30 questions to be done in 10 minutes, and we did very well, but then we stopped progressing… After transferring schools, we found that the kids there could do 100 questions in 10 minutes, which is 3 pages.We embarked on a 6-year journey of catching up, during which I put in a lot of effort to practice with him.I summarized 9 common mistakes from over 3000 calculation problems from elementary school.In grades 1 and 2, we could only complete one-third of the calculation competition questions.In grades 3 and 4, we still had half of the calculation competition questions left blank.Starting from grade 5, we finally caught up, and in a calculation competition in grade 6, Shangdeng’s speed and accuracy were excellent, and he won first prize.First prize! Come in!Unexpectedly, in middle school, the first hurdle in math is still calculations.
What to do?What can we do?Keep chasing.Tonight, I asked him to summarize the reasons for his mistakes:1. Operator symbols;2. Mistakenly copied the question, added an extra number;2. Calculation errors;3. There was one question he analyzed for a long time, then burst out laughing, saying, “Who did this question? Was it me? Why did I do it this way? What was I thinking when I did it? I don’t understand, completely don’t understand.”I was impressed, he expressed everything I wanted to say.It really made me laugh in anger.Hahaha
Chunhui, a new middle school mom, a member of the writers’ association, youth software programmingguiding teacher… a deep companion practitioner, focusing on the aesthetics of daily life, paying attention to adolescent psychological growth, tirelessly educating children in financial literacy.
Shangdeng, a new middle school student, a mountain bike enthusiast, a small stock market investor, a technology lover, a city junior academician, keen on participating in various whitelist events… an honorable Young Pioneers member, loves the motherland, loves the people, loves the Communist Party, and aspires to join the army when he grows up to forge a resilient will and protect the country.