FUN TIME

Fun means amusement, enjoyment or pleasure. An adage says “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. Having fun is part of education as it makes students learn fast. Students shouldn’t learn in a tensed environment, they need refreshment especially when they have been taught a lot of things or they no longer understand what the teacher is teaching them.

I heard of a family sometimes ago whereby the parent promised to give their only son the best education he could ever think of.

The boy attended one of the best schools in town and all his daily activities were filled up with academics and no play. He did go to school by 7:00 am and back home by 5:00 pm. The private tutors were also employed to teach him during the school break time and from 5:30 pm after coming back from school till 8:00 pm. He would go to the dining table to eat immediately after the private coaching and then be dosing while eating. He would be helped from the dining table to his room to sleep and woke in the morning to start the same activities and complete the same cycle.

However, the boy continued this for the whole session, even the private tutors did teach him during the vacation period. At the end of the session he came home with a woeful result. What a shame! His parents were furious because of the performance of their child considering the amount of money they have spent for the tutors. So they planned to discuss the issue with the school counselor. After narrating the issue with the counselor, the counselor made them to know that the failure of the child is due to the fact that the child has no rest or vacation time. He told them to try the next session by giving the child enough rest and reasonable play time. At the end of the day, the boy made one of the best results in the school.

Moreover, this true life story should be a lesson to both parents and teachers/guardians that are making the study environment too tense for the students to learn. Let your wards be part of the school system. The reason for planning the school curriculum to involve break times, game and sporting activities and vocational studies is to bring up a child in a loving/enjoyable environment and give them their own will to choose what they like. Allow them to play in their play time and work in their work time. By so doing, there will be balance in academics and non academics activities in the school.

In conclusion, the students should be allowed to partake in the psychomotor skills not only the cognitive and affective skills. The three domains in education must be considered in order to achieve educational goals.