With the ever increasing competition and demands in life, a child’s family, school and society as a whole expects too much from a child. While it is important to excel in study, sports, social activities and in other aspects of life, those children should be shielded from the mounting pressure by maintaining a balance in their life. Otherwise, the expectation would act as a boomerang and hamper the proper development of a child.
The world has become more competitive than it was ever before. For instance, I did not have to compete with anyone to get admitted in my primary school but my nephew had to take an entrance exam to actually get enrolled in the same school and one in every twelve applicants was successful to do so. Besides, my generation has plenty of time to enjoy besides attending classes while this is completely opposite for the current generation. They attend classes, take extra coaching, go to music and arts schools and read far many books and all these activities are meant to fulfil their parents' dream that the child would be the top scorer, a math genius as well as a great soccer player and a renowned artist. Is this a rational expectation? Not in my opinion. Parents and the society have to draw a line on their expectation and find out the true potential of a child rather than pushing them constantly. The state should discourage having an entrance exam in elementary school and have sufficient funds to ensure proper entertainment and sports facilities in schools. Teachers should not pressurize children to do homework every day and make school a place to learn in a fun way. Furthermore, social perspective to prepare every boy or girl to become a doctor, engineer or a higher-wage-earning professional should be changed.
To conclude, children today are being pushed beyond their limit to achieve academic, social and commercial success and this has unfathomable negative consequences. The parents and teachers should find the hidden talent of a child, not try to make them something they are not meant to be.
With the
ever increasing
competition and demands in life, a
child’s
family,
school
and society as a whole
expects
too much from a
child
. While it is
important
to excel in study, sports, social activities and in other aspects of life, those children should
be shielded
from the mounting pressure by maintaining a balance in their life.
Otherwise
, the expectation would act as a boomerang and hamper the proper development of a child.
The world has become more competitive than it was ever
before
.
For instance
, I did not
have to
compete with anyone to
get
admitted in my primary
school
but
my nephew had to take an entrance exam to actually
get
enrolled in the same
school
and one in every twelve applicants was successful to do
so
.
Besides
, my generation has
plenty
of time to enjoy
besides
attending classes while this is completely opposite for the
current
generation. They attend classes, take extra coaching, go to music and arts
schools
and read far
many
books and all these activities
are meant
to fulfil their parents' dream that the
child
would be the top scorer, a math genius
as well
as a great soccer player and a renowned artist. Is this a rational expectation? Not in my opinion. Parents and the society
have to
draw a line on their expectation and find out the true potential of a
child
rather
than pushing them
constantly
. The state should discourage having an entrance exam in elementary
school
and have sufficient funds to ensure proper entertainment and sports facilities in
schools
. Teachers should not pressurize children to do homework every day and
make
school
a place to learn
in a fun way
.
Furthermore
, social perspective to prepare every boy or girl to become a doctor, engineer or a higher-wage-earning professional should be
changed
.
To conclude
, children
today
are
being pushed
beyond their limit to achieve academic, social and commercial success and this has unfathomable
negative
consequences. The parents and teachers should find the hidden talent of a
child
, not try to
make
them something they are not meant to be.