PaulNg 寫:They are just like helpers and such, and I really want to get rid of this habit.
That's my case also. 'Helpers' is a very good term!
PaulNg 寫:The NSS has made our life even more miserable.
Apart from the poor initiative from the students, the NSS system also makes the good students so busy. Now, my students have so many activities even on Saturdays (school-based assessments, voluntary work, liberal studies tests and exams, visit universities) and lunch (alumni sharing on various jobs and studying abroad and in universities), not to mention that individual project in liberal studies. In our school, a not insignificant portion of lateness in form 5 is related to hard-working students, whose parents said that they work till 2-3am in the morning! My feeling is that the students are eternally busy, if they are serious about their study. I can only say that I am glad not studying this NSS course. In the old days, we had a lot of spare time to do things that we like. So I spent a lot of time reading about astronomy. If I were the students now, I won't have time to do so. I would need to do various things so that my education can be more 'balanced'.
The EDB in HK has a rational:
1. If something is good, make sure EVERYONE does it.
2. How to measure the success? Measure the amount of time spent on the activity.
So, for example, now everyone has to do a certain amount of voluntary work. I heard that some elderly home are so busy 'entertaining' requests from various schools. It makes you wonder: Who is servicing who?
So this is the typical scenario in my school: A student starts joining astronomy club from form 1 or 2, then stay for 2 years usually. Then the more passive students move on to other clubs. The more enthusiastic ones who continue in form 4 and 5 are so busy, in addition to their own poor initiative at leading the club.
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