Xu Haina, a columnist for FT Chinese Network, mentions in an article that when children are constantly diligent in order to achieve academic performance, they should have two bottom lines: adequate sleep and free social interaction.
First of all, adequate sleep is utterly vital for students. According to the Managing Standards for Compulsory Education Schools issued by the Ministry of Education in China, home-school cooperation ought to guarantee 10 hours of sleep for pupils and 9 hours of sleep for junior high school students every day. And yet in large and medium-sized cities, few students can get enough sleep. Xu Haina cited some scholars'research with regard to the impact of sleep on children. Po Bronson, a well-known American writer and education researcher, said that children all over the world generally slept an hour less than those 30 years ago, which seriously affected their mental and emotional health, and led to more attention disorders and obesity. Matthew Walker, a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, believes that what the children learn during the day requires further processing and storage by the brain during sleep. "Learning intensity is getting stronger and sleeping time is getting shorter and shorter, as a consequence, anyone will collapse soon." Many scientists also point out that lack of sleep in the growing period can cause permanent damage to the brain structure.
Secondly, it isnot learning knowledge but the association with others that makes children grow up. In Xu Haina's opinion, in this era children have the opportunity to learn all kinds of skills and develop all kinds of expertise, but they do not have enough time to fully engage in social interaction with their peers. "There are strict restrictions on leisure time in schools, after-school cram classes and speciality classes, which deprive children of the chance to learn from each other in a free place."
In addition, under the influence of parents'education, some children's social freedom is strictly restricted, for example, children can only play with good students", which will have a long-term impact on children. Eriksson， an American psychoanalyst and clinician，has divided the human development cycle into eight stages. Each stage will produce crises, and each crisis is related to human sociality. Eriksson suggested that we should cultivate children's "basic trust", that is, the competence to believe in others. The process of children's free social intercourse is actually a process of exchanging trust. Only by mutual recognition can they play together. If we can be recognized by others in the early stage of growth, we will not force others to recognize ourselves in the future, but will have the ability to recognize others.
The above is the opinion of columnist Xu Haina, who believes that there are two bottom lines to be guaranteed in the process of children's diligent study: adequate sleep and free social interaction.
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