30.Middle school days are both fun and busy. Students spend their days in class, listening to the interesting and sometimes boring words of the teacher. They spend the short breaks running, playing and shouting happily before going back the class again. But how should students spend their free time outside school?
In western countries, it is ordinary for students to have a part-time job after school and at weekends. Students can make their own money and learn more about the"real world". However, it seems that, in China, parents worry so much about their children's studies that they prefer to see their children spending most of their free time studying and preparing for all those exams. It's natural for parents to feel that way in China, but I believe the answer lies in balance. Sometimes, Western school children work long hours after school to make money, and so become too tired to listen in class or have no time for homework. But Chinese students spend so much time on their studies that all else become less important until they want that new MP5 player.
So, find a good and healthy balance! If you have a part-time job, you'll be happy, and your parents will also be happy because you are spending the money you make and not theirs. Middle school days are both fun and easy, aren't they?
1. What do students spend the short breaks doing?
2. When do western students do their part-time job?
3. Do children in China spend most of their free time studying and preparing for exams?
4. Why do western students sometimes become too tired?