Recently, the Ministry of Education officially issued the 2022 version of the "Compulsory Education Curriculum Plan", which requires labor to become an independent course in primary and secondary schools starting from this fall semester. This regulation quickly aroused enthusiastic attention from netizens. In the comment area, there were people from the 1970s and 1980s reminiscing about their labor memories, as well as those born in the 2000s and 10s who showed off their labor skills, but the most common ones were parents who came to "order classes". You have to learn how to do laundry and sweep the floor, and you also have to learn how to cook and wash dishes. Netizens joked, trying to change from "Mom, I'm hungry" to "Baby, I'm hungry." Primary and secondary schools all over the country are also working hard to diversify their curricula. Various forms of labor classes, such as catching loaches , growing vegetables, sewing clothes, etc. are all in preparation... The establishment of labor classes is really a long-awaited one. Many people are full of expectations - does this mean the return of simple labor culture? Is the culture of labor dissolving the culture of lazy people?
Does labor waste time?
" Four bodies are not diligent , Five grains are not distinguished " "No distinction between solar terms, no distinction between rice and rice", lack of common sense in life, and insufficient hands-on ability. These phenomena are not uncommon among students. The reform of labor courses is a response to the current phenomenon that some young people lack labor skills and have weak labor concepts.
The affirmation and praise of labor are important contents of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation. "People's livelihood depends on hard work, and hard work leads to failure." As a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, labor has run through the 5,000-year development of the Chinese nation. Shun plowed, Yu also farmed, and Yao even regarded "working at sunrise, resting at sundown, digging wells to drink, and plowing fields to eat" as a strategy for governing the country. He practiced it himself and put agriculture first. Literati from ancient times to the present have never hesitated to express the precious value of labor through pen and ink. "It's noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat drips from the soil." "I work in the fields during the day and harvest hemp at night. The children in the village are in charge of their own homes." These well-known poems describe the scenes of hard work of the ancient working people. "Plant a grain of millet in spring." , Autumn harvests thousands of seeds." "The fragrance of rice flowers speaks of a good year, and listens to the sound of frogs." The poet is sincerely happy for the harvest after labor... Cultural scholar Qi Fei believes that it needs to be reiterated that labor is not only a concrete practice of people in real life. , is a basic cultural concept that promotes social progress, which helps children feel the sense of gain and value brought by labor, and can also use labor as a concrete and tangible starting point to establish a "diligence-based" cultural pursuit.
However, we have to admit that the concept of "labor is the most glorious" has been greatly weakened in reality. Many children avoid labor, do not cherish the fruits of labor, and cannot even master basic life skills of dressing, cleaning, and organizing. On the other hand, the exam-oriented culture centered on competition forces students to keep moving forward, and it is difficult to guarantee sleep time, let alone participate in labor. Where are the roots of
? Many parents of students have a biased attitude towards labor. Anything that has no obvious effect on improving grades will be labeled as a waste of time. This popular parent culture is also further exacerbating students' indifference to labor. Parents pay more attention to cultivating their children's various expertise, which covers many aspects such as art, programming, sports, etc., but they only ignore labor. "As long as the children can focus on their studies, we will do our best to create the best conditions for life." A parent told reporters frankly that even though they know that in the long run, knowing how to work and learning to work can benefit them throughout their lives, what parents value more at this stage is short term gains. I have to memorize two pages less of the book and do two less pages of questions because I mop the floor. Is it worth it?
" involution The pressure and doting on every detail have led some students to have an unobjective judgment about labor. This kind of judgment actually has side effects and will lead to a lack of hard work and hardship among young people. The spirit of struggle will make it difficult to resolve and face setbacks in life, and the knowledge structure that emphasizes theory over practice may also limit their employment options and development paths," scholar Wang Zhuofei believes.
Compulsory course for personality development
Schools and families join hands to build a labor culture, which not only cultivates students' labor habits, but also echoes the construction of values for all people's labor.In the process of modernization and development, the rise of the Internet economy has opened up new channels for getting rich. The extensive accumulation of social wealth has improved living standards. At the same time, it has also triggered the popularity of consumerism and money worship. The impetuous social atmosphere has an invisible hand. It distances people from real work.
This is not alarmist. At present, the popularity of short video platforms has enhanced people's perception of the threshold of life. "Roast duck for 8,000 yuan", "pizza for 1,000 yuan", "luxury goods unboxing video"... the most daily food, drink and fun are also divided by money. Three, six, nine and so on. Content about showing off wealth and luxury consumption has become a "money magnet" for gaining traffic and attention. The accumulation of desires leads people to long for unrealistic instant wealth, but they ignore that the wealth in life comes from "no pain, no gain". The business model of monetizing Internet traffic has brought the "Internet celebrity economy" into the public eye. Relying on the number of fans, Internet celebrities often can obtain income that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve without having to put in too much hard work. “It’s better to work so hard than to be an Internet celebrity” and “to work hard and make more money than Internet celebrities earn”… Although these sentiments are self-deprecating, the mismatch between “work and gain” among Internet celebrities has shaken people’s traditional views on labor. belief.
"Especially for children whose outlook on life has not yet been formed, the Internet is like an all-encompassing maze. If you are not careful, you can easily fall into the trap of hype, extravagance and other unhealthy trends. You only pursue temporary pleasure without seeing the meaning of life. It’s not easy,” said Ying Cheng, a senior self-media person. Young people have become the main fans online. They can even raise funds exceeding one million. Some have no ability to make money and just squander the fruits of their parents' labor. "The less students understand about labor, the less they can appreciate the hardships of their parents, and the easier it is to fall into the mood of passionate consumption. Labor education is to organize students to participate in production and life labor, so that students can practice, sweat, and experience the hardship of labor. Re-establish your own outlook on money and values," Ying Cheng believes.
Labor is not only a means of making a living, but also the only way to realize the perfection of human nature and to achieve complete freedom. The special labor class created by of the High School Affiliated to Shandong University has been on the hot search list on Weibo for several years in a row, and the "Wheat Field in Building 3" created by it has become an Internet celebrity. All stages of this wheat field from sowing to harvest are completed by teachers and students together. When sowing seeds, students witnessed the first form of life and planted their joy and expectations together with the seeds. In the cold winter, the students appointed themselves as watchmen, laying bricks, fencing, watering, and carefully caring for the seedlings. In spring, during the quarantine period, they kept company through the lens of the security uncle. During harvest time, the teacher led the students to learn the techniques of harvesting wheat. "In these more than 200 days of cultivation, the students experienced the life of wheat , and more vividly learned the knowledge of wheat growth and the labor wisdom of their ancestors. They also tempered their will through labor, gained growth, and experienced the porridge A meal is hard-earned, and I understand the importance of hard work," said Huang Fuxia, a teacher at the school. It is particularly worth mentioning that for the senior high school students of the school who took the college entrance examination this year, this harvest is of special significance. Diligence is a good lesson, and every effort is worth a minute. On the eve of graduation, the school held a special expedition ceremony. Each student was given a bouquet of flowers made from harvested wheat. "Holding the wheat we have sown in our hands, walking out of the campus and entering the examination room, we believe that we can usher in the first small harvest in our lives." said Ai Xintong, a 2022 graduate of the school.
"Life is about working hard, and getting nothing for nothing. Understanding the value of labor and learning to cherish the fruits of labor is a required course in life." Liu Xilang, an academic committee member of the Chinese Education Society and an expert in the Comprehensive Group for Comprehensive Education Curriculum Standards Revision, believes.
"Labor is a kind of ability, and it is also a quality of hard work and dedication. Labor can also stimulate the positive psychology of gratitude and should be promoted by the whole society. This kind of emotional cultivation and character development are very important for young people healthy growth is crucial.National second-level psychological counselor Zhou Wei said that teenagers can experience the joy of harvesting results during labor and feel the hard work of their parents and elders, so they can feel grateful to their family, friends, and society, and will do their best. Being able to serve the society and repay the society is a required course for personality development.
What we really want to eliminate is not the culture of lazy people, but laziness.
Is it also a way of eliminating the culture of lazy people? To a certain extent, it is difficult to achieve. When the post-90s and post-00s generations have emerged as the main force of the new generation of consumers, laziness is no longer just a synonym for leisure and indolence. "Lazy technology" has attracted the recognition and following of a large number of netizens. From another perspective. Look, "lazy people" are no longer idle, ignorant people in the traditional sense, but young people who are busy working hard in the workplace and meet the needs of life with the least time and energy. "Ordering on mobile phones to buy everything" is the life of lazy people. At its core, the continuous advancement of smart technology has achieved a win-win situation of saving time and improving quality of life. Sweeping robots, multi-function rice cookers, dishwashers, and dryers take care of all kinds of housework. Various smart home appliances have begun to work together, and mobile phones have begun to work together. Click to operate.
"We should take a comprehensive view of lazy culture, which gives young people a chance to breathe under the pressure of fierce social competition. Compared with their peers, many young people are accumulating anxiety and dare not face up to their status. Therefore, they use lazy culture to ridicule themselves to release their stress and confusion. "Zhou Wei analyzed.
"It is undeniable that lazy people's thinking is indeed an important reason for the progress of science and technology. From slash and burn farming to iron plow ox farming and then to the roar of machinery, behind the evolution of these tool inventions are batches of smart people. Lazy people are constantly thinking about how to make human life easier. After a long period of mental exhaustion, moderate laziness can also relax the mind and activate ideas. Artists are often inspired by life. Throughout the ages, literati and poets have also attached great importance to landscapes to trigger emotions. "Qi Fei said that the so-called "lazy people create the technological world" is also untenable. All creators and inventors are never just lazy. In order to pursue simplicity and convenience, they never hesitate to take action and actively explore and learn. Electronics The computer is the crystallization of the development of contemporary science and technology. Its emergence has raised human work liberation to a new level, revolutionaryly replacing part of human mental work, from the original large machine covering an area of 170 square meters to the current lightweight notebook. , the development of computers has undergone rapid upgrading, which is the result of diligent research by teams of scientists from various countries.
is not so much about fighting the culture of lazy people, but it is more urgent to eliminate this inertia. On the surface, it is behavioral inaction. , In fact, it is more about being content with the status quo mentally and being confused. The premise of enjoyment is accumulation. If you are too accustomed to comfort, you will lose the perseverance to challenge difficulties. "The space for laziness today was earned by our predecessors through hard work and hard work." Hard work and bravery will never go out of style. Labor is the key to creating a better life in any era. We enjoy the dividends of the development of the times, and we also have the mission of moving forward. How to practice it? It still depends on hard work, sweat and pragmatic actions. " Kang Haiyan, a teacher at the university, said. (Reported by Dazhong Daily client reporter Tian Kexin, intern Wang Yan and Chang Youyou)
