Should I Go to Cram School? (Second Version)

To most of Taiwanese students, where is their common memory when they were in junior high or senior high school? The answer is obvious—cram school. Generally in Taiwan, because our education system trends to be the spoon-fed education, going to cram schools seems to be indispensable. Even though students do a good job at school and always get high scores, their parents still want them to go to cram school lest lagging behind other peers. And my parents have no exceptions.

    My parents usually have unnecessary anxiety. They always ignored how “good” I did in regular school. They usually think when you have already got 95 points, why don’t you get 100 points? As a result, they want me to go to cram school. To me, I think 95 points is good enough because the grade is better than most of other students. So why can't I use my free time to do what I want instead of going to cram school? There are still many things that are more important than studying!

    Seeing that most of my classmates go to cram school, my parents want me to follow what the most people choose to do. They usually view “going to cram school” as one of the “social activities”. Because during the break time in junior high or senior high school, my peers always talk about their cram school, including their homework, the appearance of their teacher, and so on. In order to have the subject of a talk, my parents want me to go to cram school not only to learn but also make friends with other people. However, I think the topic of conversation should not be confined to such a limit subject. Movies, sports, hobbies, or cartoons can also be the good materials of a talk. If we only talk something that happened in cram school, I think our horizons would be limited and that would not stimulate our thoughts.

    To sum up, I think the question of whether I should go to cram school or not differs from person to person. Not all of people “have to” take lessons after school! Parents should evaluate their children’s conditions to make a decision about whether to send them to cram school or not.