Kids Do More Sports After Tutoring Ban

China Central Television reported that 33,000 arts and sports stores were launched in just over a month after the government published its “Double Reduction” document in late July.【小题1】

The government tutoring restriction is supposed to help improve the health of young people. Some China’s school children are short-sighted and nearly one in five between the ages of 6-17 is overweight or obese, National Health Commission data show. 【小题2】 The government has also promised to “gradually increase” the score of sports in the senior high school entrance exam.

Schools are taking action to provide a variety of PE classes and clubs for children. Some schools are providing ice and snow sports optional courses for students. 【小题3】 Every Wednesday afternoon children wearing boxing gloves and shin guards sweat in the club as they punch and kick pads held by teachers in a school in east Beijing. It has been teaching children martial arts such as Thai boxing since 2018. Now it has provided regular classes such as wrestling, swimming and skating.

【小题4】 Sitting on a couch in the reception area in a public park, Mr. Liu waits for her seven-year-old son when his son is playing basketball with classmates. A 39-year-old mother, who accompanies her son to the park nearby jogging every Sunday after his son finishes homework shortly after the company that provided his math tuition was shut down. “My son and I can jog three times a week unless he’s sick.” she said. And she thinks it is beneficial to their health and gives her more time to communicate with her child.

Parents hold positive attitudes towards the new policy. China’s Tiger moms used to find classes after school to give our children an advantage in the intensely competitive education. 【小题5】 They believe children can’t be too weak if the nation has a strong desire to be strong. Children will be more and more strong both physically and mentally to adapt to their future study and career.