Persuasive speech presentation

1. Government Should
Prohibit the Children from
Going to Cram Schools
before junior high
Darcy Wuang
Rita Chou

4. Almost every child goes to cram schools in Taiwan

5. Government Should Prohibit the
Children from Going to Cram
Schools before junior high

6. 3 Severe
Issues
1
Negative learning
experiences and
effects

7. 3 Severe
Issues
1 2
Negative learning
experiences and
effects
Children’s tired
body and mind

8. 3 Severe
Issues
1 2 3
Negative learning
experiences and
effects
Children’s tired
body and mind
Uncontrolled social
manners

9. 1
Negative learning
experiences and
effects

10. Child Welfare League Foundation’s
report in 2009
>70% 3rd and 4th grade
students
goes to cram school
Insufficient confidence to the
regular school education

11. Child Welfare League Foundation’s
report in 2009
Does going to cram schools really help for
children’s learning?
>70% children
goes to cram school

12. Master thesis of Effects of pre-junior high English
learning experience study in 2006:
Cram school’s
learning
?
Later regular school
achievement

13. “ The length of pre-junior English
learning affected students’ English
achievement only the first semester, but
not the rest of the semesters.”
Cram school’s
learning
?
Later regular school
achievement

14. Master thesis study of cram schools:
Cram schools
Regular schools
Learning schedule

15. Bad attitude and many problems are
caused by cram schools

16. Swallowing fire
cram school

17. Child Welfare League Foundation’s
report in 2009
X3 Corporal
punishment cases
In cram schools

18. 30%
Illegal cram schools

19. Good for learning ?

20. 2
Children’s tired
body and mind

21. According to
Child Welfare League Foundation’s report in 2009
• 74% elementary school students (3 & 4 grade) go to cram school on weekdays
• Over 10% children stay in cram school until 9
PM
• Many children think they don’t have enough time

22. Cram School Homework Sleep
16:00 20:00 23:30 6:30
Only sleep 6-7 hours
Have no time to do exercises
and play.
Health Problems

23. Character development Going to cram school

24. Character development
Knowledge achievement
Bad character
Better score

25. 3
Uncontrolled social
manners

26. Why government should prohibit?
Going to the cram school is the mainstream in our culture

27. Situation is out of control!
17400!!
Number of
cram school
4300
1995 2008

28. Unchangeable mainstream culture
• 9 years compulsory education
• Multi-channel for enrolling high school
• Almost 100% high school admission rate
Unfair social competition
More active policy

29. Going to cram school
• Give children a bad learning experience and effect
• Harm children’s health and character development
• The situation is out of control

31. THANK YOU

32. Negative effect on child & Social problem
Learning experience
Body and mind

33. Social problem
Going to cram school Vs. Not going to cram school
Unfair competition