[HSK 5] 家校边界该怎么分？ - How Should the Boundary Between Home and School Be Defined?

A delegate suggested clarifying the responsibilities of families and schools, and opposed shifting tasks that should be handled by teachers onto parents.

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《English Translation》

陈花: I saw a news story today saying that “teachers’ responsibilities should not be shifted to parents,” and it really spoke to many parents.
黄刚: I noticed that too. Some schools now ask parents to grade homework, make handwritten posters, and even help children complete all kinds of check-in tasks. That really seems backwards.
陈花: Exactly. Of course parents should be involved in their children’s growth, but if even teaching-related work is handed over to parents, then the boundary between teachers’ and parents’ responsibilities becomes blurred.
黄刚: That delegate put it very clearly: studying is the student’s job, teaching is the teacher’s job, and the family’s more important role is companionship, communication, and moral education. That kind of division of labor is more reasonable.
陈花: What worries me most is that many of these formalistic tasks end up testing not the child’s ability, but whether the parents have enough time and energy. That can actually affect educational fairness.
黄刚: Exactly. This extra burden is especially heavier for dual-income families and rural families. On the surface it is called “home-school co-education,” but in reality it may become a shifting of responsibility.
陈花: In the end, home-school cooperation is not about one side doing the other side’s work, but about each side fulfilling its own role. Only then can teachers focus on teaching, parents focus on work, and children grow up more easily.
黄刚: I completely agree. The biggest problem in education is losing sight of what matters most. Only by clarifying the boundaries can education truly return to its original purpose of nurturing people.