Grammar at such a young age is wrong
Students are now off for the summer holidays and soon will be going back to school.
I would like to address everyone involved in the education sector. I ask that they take into account how children learn, that every child learns differently and don’t give them lessons that they are not capable of understanding.
I recently heard of a school in Sha Tin, already giving homework to Primary One students which was English grammar, particularly the third person singular. The children are six, English is their second or third language and yet they are supposed to grasp the complexities of the third person singular. This is something, as a native speaker, I was probably not taught until I was several years older than six.
Parents, too, have a part in this. Please don’t push your child, let them learn at their own pace.
I would hate to see a repetition of what happened between last September and March when over 20 young people committed suicide. And yes, school pressure may not have been the only factor but it is a factor.
Everyone has a responsibility here.