Arecentinvestigationshowsthatabout80percentofpupilshaveprivatetutors.Suchapopularpracticeindicatesthatpeopleareattachinggreaterimportancetoeducation.Manyparents,forvariousreasons,missedthechanceofobtainingagoodeducation.Whentheirchildrenmeetwithdifficultiesinstudy,theyarehelpless.Privatetutoringistheonlysolution.Asprivatetutoringisusuallyone-to-one,theteacherknowsthestrongpointsaswellastheweakpointsofthepupilclearly.
However,privatetutoringhasitsowndisadvantages.Foronething,ittakesupsomuchofthepupils’timethattheycanhardlyfindenoughtimeforrestandentertainment,whichareessentialfortheirphysicalandmentalhealth.Foranother,someteachers,busy“shuttling”fromonefamilytoanother,tendtoneglecttheirregularteachingduties.What’smore,someteachersareeagertohelppupilsdowellinthetest,offeringtheso-calledtipsfortest-takingratherthanhelpthemacquirewhatismoremeaningful.
Generallyspeaking,itsdisadvantagesoutweighitsadvantages.Greateremphasisshouldbelaidonclassroomteachingandpractice,ontheimprovementofteachingqualityandonthetappingofpupils’potentials.Onlyinthiswaycananewgenerationbehealthilybroughtup.
一项最近的调查显示约80%的小学生请了家教。这表明了人们现在将教育看得非常重要。很多父母因为各种各样的原因错过了接受优质教育的机会，因此当他们的孩子在学习中遇到困难时他们也很无力。家教是唯一的解决办法。因为家教通常是一对一的，所以老师们对于孩子的强项和弱项都非常清楚。
但是，家教本身也具有不足之处。一个是这会占用孩子们大部分的时间以至于他们几乎找不到时间休息玩乐，而这对于他们的身心健康又是极其重要的。并且有些老师总是忙于奔波在各个家庭之间，这就让他们容易忽视自己的教学任务。还有些老师过于渴望帮助孩子们在考试中取得好成绩，给他们传授所谓的考试技巧，而不是帮助孩子们获取更为有意义的东西。
总而言之，家教的劣势比优势要明显。应该将重点放在课堂的教学和实践、教学质量的提高和学生潜能的开发上。只有这样我们的新一代才能健康成长。
