Recently, some high schools and schools in many places across the country have begun to pilot the weekend double-break system, which has triggered widespread discussion in the society. Some people believe that weekends can provide students with valuable rest time, help relieve long-term academic pressure, and also allow parents to share more parent-child time with their children. However, some parents also believe that breaks may affect students' learning progress.

The key to this topic is, is the difference between single and double breaks continuing the state of learning, or to allow students to get more sufficient rest and adjustments, and how is it more suitable for children?

Ms. Chen's daughter is currently in her second year of high school, and her daughter's school is currently on weekends. In her opinion, the child's rest and sleep time are obviously insufficient.

Ms. Chen: There is less rest time for children on weekends. If you can implement double breaks, then children can adjust their work and rest on the weekend to supplement their sleep. I think this is very good for the child's physical development.

But at the same time, many parents are opposed, believing that the family cannot create a learning atmosphere when they are off on weekends.

So, what do you think about double breaks?

Now there are two full days of rest every week, and I can better plan my study and life. I feel that life has become more colorful.

From Monday to Friday, you will be more energetic and can get a buffer.

Recently, the first and second grades of high school in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province have stopped returning to school on weekends. The first and second grades of high school are on weekends in Yangzhou, Nantong and other places in Jiangsu Province. The third grade is adjusted to single-day breaks. Some high schools in Changsha City, Hunan Province have issued weekend holiday notices, etc., and more and more ordinary high schools have announced weekend breaks. In the view of Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, the double break in high school weekends is undoubtedly a "reducing the burden."

In response to parents' concerns, as a teacher who has been teaching high school for many years, Yang Chunhua, the second-year director of Beijing No. 20 Middle School, believes that the implementation of the "double break" system for high school weekends does not mean relaxing the education and management of students, but rather helps create conditions for students' comprehensive development and further improve the quality of teaching.

Teacher Li from a middle school in Changle District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province believes that proper rest on weekends will also help students better start a new week of study.

Teacher Li: Recently, I have noticed that many students have a new mental outlook after two breaks and their learning efficiency has also been significantly improved.

The implementation of high school weekend double breaks is difficult in the specific implementation of the specific implementation in some areas. Chu Zhaohui believes that the main reason is that the evaluation criteria for students are still single, and college entrance examination results have become the core of concern for schools and parents.

Chu Zhaohui: Many parents mistakenly believe that the longer they are in school, the more conducive they will improve their children's scores, but it has a limit of time and scope. If the limit is exceeded, increasing the time will not increase the score, but may instead make students too tired and their learning efficiency decrease.

At present, the mental health problems of primary and secondary school students have become the focus of common concern for the whole society. The blue book "China Mental Health in 2023" points out that the detection rate of depression among high school students exceeds 40%. Chu Zhaohui believes that weekends can provide students with a window period to participate in social practice, develop interests and hobbies, and conduct physical exercise, leaving room for breathing for students' growth, and allowing education to return to the essence of "education".