其實市面上真係有好多敎材,有平有貴。就我呢位新手媽咪嚟講,真係睇到眼花撩亂,好似套套敎材都可以令到我個MATT豬仔喺短時間內、自動地變成天才咁。其實DWE / ET / NODDY ENGLISH 全部教材我都同佢啲SALES了解過,但套套都講緊過萬元,真係唔係我呢啲普通經濟能力嘅媽咪可以負擔得到。
而我噚日無意之中,睇到一個TOPIC,入面有一個文章發表得好好,係一位媽媽嘅經驗分享,我覺得佢講得好有道理,所以希望同07年5月嘅媽媽分享吓,亦希望幫到各位新手媽咪:
好多人以為 (又或d sales 係咁講), 放套 DWE (or other educational materials) 自細比個小朋友睇就得, 我會話呢d睇法流於表面, 因為要先明白學習, 尤其係語文, as I said above ==> 有 stimulus 冇 reinforcement 係冇用既, 語文要好係需要有適當既環境配合先可以學得好, 即係就算由朝睇VCD 睇到晚都冇用格, 全家都講中文, 睇又睇翡翠台, 親朋戚友又係講中文, 咁睇幾多都係冇用....第日生活環境又以中文為主, 返工又寫中文 memo, then 英文幾叻都俾番哂先生喇~~
Let me 打個比喻, 好似 xx 堂 sell 人減肥, 梗係話自己個減肥 mechanism 有幾好幾好架喇...我亦信對有d人真係 work (六合彩都有人中喇...) 但有幾多人 fail 又知唔知....?? From business point of view, of course 報喜不報憂既....我只係質疑個成效是否值得用幾萬銀去做咁 je...cos 大家要知, 減肥得唔得, 除左 xxx d 儀器之外, 自己既配合都好緊要 (e.g. 飲食, 運動), so 就算真係 work 係咪就等於間公司掂呢...??
因此我只係想 comment 任何若以教育為基楚的教材都唔應該以金錢掛帥....三萬幾銀一套, 即使計埋 Disney 既專利權都唔駛收咁貴, 好多大師級學者做 N 份實驗, Y 份 research, 再著書立說埋都未駛收三萬幾銀一本喇...更何況若真係要用三萬幾銀, for sure 有 a lot more alternatives 可以 choose in order to achieve the same results, 我唔會否定任何教材都有 certain extent of benefits to BB, but 我夠膽講個 benefits 唔大得過 $3x,xxx only...
However, 呢個現象響 HK 特別明顯, 我好多時去外地公幹 (e.g. SIN), 佢地d 語文學習教材好平, 好多, 百花齊放, 家長亦會自己去比較當中既 concept, 亦因為平, 就可以 try 多幾樣唔同既, so finally 會 get one that best fit their BBs, 但 H
K 就唔同, 越貴就越多人買, 但成效又唔係成正比喎....因為做生意既都明白, HK d baby 好矜貴, 好多 family 係 1 kid only, 當然係想比"最好"既野 bb la...睇中呢點, 自然乜都貴.....
而 HK 地依家就係好多乜乜教材, 乜乜學校係捉住家長"希望最好既俾bb"......而出好多好多價錢高, 成效低既野, 家長就為此用左好多錢...唉~~even BB equipment, HK 一架賣 $1,xxx 既 Combi baby car, same model, 我響 SIN 見過...less than $500...你話丫....
我記得有一次我響另一個 BK topic 有媽咪討論生兩個好唔好...etc...of course 好多媽咪話: "唔喇...因為冇能力同時間養, 再者唔想分簿對大個個既愛, 及"想集中火力俾最好既野個bb, so 1 個已足夠"云云.....但同時有個另一個媽咪回應佢話 : "我認為"俾最好既野個bb" 係應該包括一個弟妹, 因為佢地可以從中學懂與人相處, 關心別人" 等等, 我睇到時不住點頭.....
我點頭唔係 about agree 人地生一個定兩個, 而係佢既 "mindset" , 佢好能 demonstrate "俾最好既野個bb" 不是只從物質出發, 亦可以包括好多 intangible things....呢點先係 all rounded learning....
BB 唔會 feel 到 $3x,xxx 同 $3,xxx 幾既教材對佢有幾大分別, 就等於著一件 Burberry 夾衣同一件永安 $39 夾衣既分別, 佢地睇到既反而係媽咪有冇一齊陪我學, lead 我學, this is far more important than any expensive 教材喇...再好既減肥機都要配合"均衡飲食"先得架嘛...係冇...
好多教材都係 based on certain basic teaching principles 而製成, nothing really special...好多平平地既教材都係 the same...睇你點 lead 而已....
so 當然, 買定唔買.....消費者自有決定, 我亦絕對尊重, 只係想籍此機會比多幾個角度大家諗吓先去 decide 都未遲丫...
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