Dear Reader,
Well, I have one sister and three brothers of which I haven’t interacted much since I grew up in Davao city my entire life. The difference we have greatly is that I grew up in the city and they simply grew up in the countryside. And YES, they do have a high expectations from me since I’m from the city but I think they got me all wrong. You see country people have tendencies to expect city people to have a standard taste of living because we value time as a propagation of money and expense (of course). For them, finding a job and having not to care about time because most of them are genuine and compassionate people. Nevertheless, they have good attitude when in comes towards handling situations than city people (My opinion only).
Though what bothers me nowadays is that children nowadays never had the patience for studying academically. Speaking of which, in the city we have bright people with different techniques and habits of studying while for countryside people have different habits as well.
Remembering my childhood, my father wants me to read a bible, lectures history to me, wants me to watch National Geographic Channels and go study every Saturday rather than watching a television. He left me no choice but to study keeping me on the list of top ten of 10th (It’s true!). Anyway, every time I go home from school. He has the patience to tutor me including my brother and big sister (of course). Specially Math I remembered I always cry solving a simple math problem. I always complain and cry but in the end it paid off. Though its embarrassing to recall but there is a lesson that we should value more. You see, all they wanted for you is a brighter future and education. It was never for them but for you to give yourself a credit. Of course, education is a long term investment. It will take you years to get your Return of Investment or ROI.
Recently fast forward to today 2015 my sister who is 12 years old now. Eventually my mom wanted me to teach her or help her with an assignment. So I did reviewed a little and studied the assignment just like I did when I was younger. When I called her to start with the study she just slept with my little brothers. Thinking back, is this how they treat education as a joke? She said she’s tired. She wanted me to answer her assignment for her. (what?) Treating her assignment like an instant noodles. Definitely I will never spoon feed her the answers. In fact, she should learn by herself. Though I know I am harsh and hard. Learning is learning the hard way. How else should she learn if she wants to have a good grades? It goes back to the attitude, habit and goals of the child.
Nowadays, with the advantages of having gadgets and devices gives younger generation to be spoiled and reliant to adults. Parents as well are responsible. Therefore, it is challenging to confront the reality of children having little patience and attention for their studies. Unlike before 1990’s back in my time, having only cartoon network as a form of entertainment, gives me the creeps. It worries me how children nowadays don’t give much value to education.
Sad to say, k12 is less efficient than it should be. It only makes the situation worse and long term side effects are guaranteed to be devastating.
So yeah! You may leave your comments and suggestion as to how you think parents should develop their kids nowadays. I would love to hear your opinion as well. Gracias! 😀