At what does the children understand themselves about the value of studies?

India
December 5, 2009 11:43pm CST
We keep on saying read,read, they study, but when do they understand the real value of studies. what's the age where they can understand and concentrate well towards their education. Children until we say they listen and next after sometime same they start chitchatting playing. only in the exams time they concentrate little.
4 responses
@StevenZhu (198)
• China
7 Dec 09
Would you mind to let me introduce the Chinese ancient teaching model: don't ask reasons, just remember it deeply. There are many sentences, phrases, poems about life, humanity, goodness, evil etc, and they are difficult to understand for children, because these knowledge are concluded by experience. It means you have more and more experience and similar encounters, you would have more deep understanding about these words.
@Downwindz (2537)
• Netherlands
6 Dec 09
Hello Rorisricha I will explain my own experiences... When i was child i didnt value it, and actually i didnt understand the real value before i needed it, eventhough that my parents especially my dad was a good example of where you get with no good education. My dad constantly said to me to get an education if i didnt want to be a "ground person" at work. Highschool i sucked totally, even though im clever enough, but finally at the Academy i realised that i needed to do something about it, and finished with A-grades on my Degree, so sometimes children but also adults realise late why it is important. (often it is because other aspects of life is more interesting)
@Drsunny21 (556)
• India
6 Dec 09
It is very hard to say tht when children will understand the real value of studies...If they understand also wht happens sometime.they wanted to study but the commitment and concentratn they cant develop...Means from their mind they will think tht they will study gud but when they sit for study,sometime there frnds will come,sometime they feel sleepy and so they will sleep or want to watch tv or anythng else and so they cant overcome this and go for studies...And its not like tht every children doesnt understand,some children understand and they like studying and they do it but some children never understand and when they come in the real world aftr completing there studies somehow,then they will understand the value of studies and will regret tht i should study well,so tht i will be on gud post now.....Happy mylotting.
• United States
6 Dec 09
It varies for each individual. There's really no set age where they will suddenly realize why they are actually studying. I think they will understand the real value of studying when they realize what they want to do; what they want to accomplish in life and what they want to become. They will realize that in order to become, say for example, a doctor or a lawyer, they actually have to know the material and study because they know that studying is what will take them to become the doctor or lawyer they want to become. Sometimes in fact, even when they do know exactly where they want to go and what they want to become, they may still not realize how important studying is. But until they figure out what they want to do, it's really difficult to say exactly when that will be until they actually do.