After School Care centers have already been sprouting like mushroom after rain these last few years, mainly for the Chinese; but going by the way usually things go, I suppose it's just a matter of time before the other races catches up too...
These usually cater for primary school kids. A kid finishes school and is sent to the center. Transport is usually arranged. Once there, they makes sure he bathes and takes his lunch. Then it's getting down to homework. Chinese school kids have lots of homework. So teachers are provided to help them complete the homework. This is followed by tea and a little rest and it's back to the piles of homework. The parents pick their kids up by 6 or 7 p.m. and take them home. Most of them want that 'quality time' with their kids when they take them home. They don't want to be saddled with coaching their kids or sitting with them to complete their school work. Often, time is so rushed that the teachers will just write the answers for the kids to answer. So much for figuring things out... rote learning at its best. The cycle is repeated everyday for the rest of the schooling year. And many of them go for tuitions at night too.
I think most kids stop being kids when they entered Std 1. Is there any other better way? Kinda meaningless, isn't it? Me??? I do my own an qing ban with my primary going kid...
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wow... sounds so Japanese....the pressure on the youth. They have their hikikomori....
Monay... it's the same in most Asian cultures now. While 'an qing ban' is like a cram 'school' after school in a sense, it also caters more to the need of after school care cos parents are busy working. And parents don't want to be tied down to coaching their kids by the time they get home cos they are tired and not be harried by chasing their kids for homework - which can be very stressful for everyone.
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