The balance point of work and life is definitely not an average from work plus life.The real balance is the most comfortable state of psychological work and personal life, and varies from person to person.Information technology should help us reach that state instead of the opposite.
Remember the time point of the time when he entered the workplace as a school teacher in the late 1990s, it was just overlapping with the invention and popularity of mobile phones.As a new teacher, coupled with fresh people in the workplace, naturally spread out their hands to embrace their mobile phones and information technology, and even want to combine all new discovery and new learning mobile skills with work and teaching.
I remember that because I was the earliest teachers who used their mobile phones for creative teaching, I was interviewed by the student reported on the 5th week of the week.With the popular NOKIA 3310 gray -blue mobile phone, the small mobile phone screen was displayed on the pure text to guide students to write composition.
I remember that the environment at that time was to promote the general blueprint of information science and technology education 1 (1997 to 2002). Because of the youngest in school, we were mostly appointed as information technology representatives.Electronic, advocating the combination of teaching and information technology, must ensure that every colleague will not leave behind.In front of a new trend, our body and mind were completely swept into, and even unknowingly became the little pushing hands.
Now looking back, the mobile phone in that photo, like the original mobile phone application and many technology solutions promoted at the time, has now become history.For 30 years, Feng Shui turns, and what we have encountered now is another almost endless problem.Since the end of August, the Ministry of Education has issued many new policies, mostly, mostly related to the application of information technology and the "work -living balance" of instructor members.
First of all, the latest is the announcement of the Minister of Education just a few days ago: Teachers should use school emails to communicate with parents without providing personal mobile phone numbers to students and parents, and in addition to emergency, teachers do not need to work outside of work.Reply to parents' inquiries.In other words, teachers do not need to get out of get off work after 5 o'clock (although many teachers have not got off work at 5 o'clock), reply to the questions raised by parents on mobile phone text messages.
Secondly, the Ministry of Education will also strive to gradually improve the school's network coverage, increase the cloud storage space of teachers and students, and improve students' interactive learning experience through virtual reality and enhanced technology and technology-This is exactly the effectiveness of information technology auxiliary teaching and learning.Furthermore, from now on, parents can also submit their children's sick leave lists through mobile phone applications to reduce administrative work and processes; even from 2026, it will also be able to streamline the application of learning projects and life education projects flexibly.To better control the workload of teachers.
Yes, in this era of information technology, we clearly see that the above new measures are mostly linked to technology, and we must even rely on technology to achieve.Of course, parents hope to get the teacher's response the most in the easiest way -that is, mobile phone text messages or social platforms; in order to conform to the trend of technology, teachers also use text messages and computers to complement each other -until information technology has invaded into the invasionEvery inch of living time and space for parents and teachers.Yes, we must also remind ourselves that teachers and parents hope to have their own free life outside work.Parents' leisure life does not necessarily have to make a face and discipline their children.Of course, parents have to work and live a balance, and teachers as parents must understand.
I can't stop thinking about past experience.When he was studying at school at that time, he was envious of the beautiful private space and time that teachers had after get off work. After the fact that teachers born in the infant trendy were employed, the workload was increasing year by year.We have all found that the information technology that was originally to reduce the workload became more and more advanced, and while increasingly integrating into every link of work, it was inexplicably increasing the workload of each link.Then, we can see that we have performed more and more outstanding education systems in international testing. Although we are enviable, the busyness and burden of teachers have also increased significantly.As a result, it seems like a snowball. Some teachers may retire or leave early and become a flexible work system (this is another phenomenon worthy of face -to -face, and there is a chance to discuss it separately).
So, under such a background, in the leisure life of each of us and each of us, whether we can be drawn and stand at a higher perspective before being conquered by work and information technology.Which general direction is about to rush in.The most terrible thing is that it was swept in and did not know that it had been rushed into the vast ocean when he woke up.
The concept of work and life balance has been ancient
In fact, in the final analysis, my most worried is that we have such a small projectile country in Singapore. In the environment where there are more villains, and even more monks and less porridge, if it is blindly conforming to the continuous stack of science and technology trends and work, then study, employmentIt is likely to become another terrible society with life.Internal rolls -In recent years, we have often been bombed by this new vocabulary on public media such as newspapers and videos.We see that such a large country in China is scorching, and we also see that some people choose to lie down or out of the passive ones in order to cope or confront the inner roll.
Singapore, as a small place with very scarce human resources, there is probably no way to bear any valuable manpower lying or out.Therefore, it is necessary to see the trend of floods earlier and faster. Before being swept, the government proposed policies, and the people also made personal adjustments to meet the balance of work and life.
The work and life balance, although it has become our popular words in recent years, it is definitely not a new concept only in the 21st century.In addition to the new policy of work and life balance proposed by the Ministry of Education as an example, we may also try to go back to the fundamental text to see the texts left by the ancient philosophers left by the East and West.
In the West, the full balance of work and life is usually for the "Eudaimonia" of life.In ancient Greece more than 2000 years ago, people have begun to pursue a complete and fulfilling sense of life.Aristotle bluntly stated that a better life is a life of balance and harmony, and any aspect (such as work) that emphasizes excessive life will lead to imbalance, which will affect the overall happiness.In the same era in the East, Confucianism, represented by Confucius as one of the Confucianism, is also one of the core concepts, and pursues the harmony and unity of internal and external restrictions.
It can be seen that our wise guys have been thinking and pursuing balance since ancient times, and each era has challenges of each era.In our time, because of the huge scientific and technological revolution and internal scrolls, we are also overcoming the huge difficulties of this work and life balance with the collective wisdom of our time.
Of course, the balance point of work and life is definitely not the average value obtained by work and life.The real balance is the most comfortable state of psychological work and personal life, and varies from person to person.Information technology should help us reach that state instead of the opposite.
With the increase of the year of work, I more and more believe in the ultimate pursuit of the soul, which is the possibility of the balance point.The so -called balance is not equal to time or weight, but the most comfortable state of body and mind.Some people even say that if work becomes life, there is no need to pursue the balance of work and life, because it is always in a comfortable and comfortable state, and in these two aspects, it can actively promote the overall happiness and happiness of individuals.Yes, if you can enjoy lifeWhile living, you can also enjoy work and technology, that is, the icing on the cake.
The author is engaged in Chinese teaching and local cultural research
