泰國(guó)的“紅衫軍”剛剛消停幾天，我們今天又討論幼兒園里的“紅衫軍”了。別緊張，此“紅衫軍”跟暴力一點(diǎn)兒關(guān)系都沒(méi)有，而是小朋友們學(xué)習(xí)上的事兒。

Redshirting refers to the practice of holding a child out of kindergarten for one year in the hope that the child will then do better academically and socially. This term comes from the common practice of redshirting freshman college athletes, which means keeping them out of competition for a year to develop their skills.

Redshirting指讓正在上幼兒園的孩子停學(xué)一年，期望一年后孩子在學(xué)習(xí)和社交方面的表現(xiàn)能夠有所提高，我們可以稱之為“紅衫行為”（跟我們通常說(shuō)的 “休學(xué)”意思差不多）。Redshirting這個(gè)說(shuō)法來(lái)源于大學(xué)運(yùn)動(dòng)員的一個(gè)慣例，即剛?cè)胄５年?duì)員需要有一年的時(shí)間參加技能訓(xùn)練，不能參加正式比賽（這些運(yùn)動(dòng)員被稱為“紅衫隊(duì)員”）。

The rise of redshirting dates to the 1980s, when mandatory testing put pressure on schools to make the early elementary grades more rigorous. As 3rd and 4th grade became more demanding, kindergarten had to keep up. Savvy parents were increasingly likely to worry about their children's early academic performance and resort to redshirting. Academic redshirting is a result of higher expectations of kindergartners, some educators say.

從二十世紀(jì)80年代開始，這種“紅衫行為”開始增多，因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)學(xué)校面臨考試體制的壓力，對(duì)小學(xué)初級(jí)階段的課程要求更加嚴(yán)格。由于三、四年級(jí)就開始要求比較高，所以幼兒園階段就得抓緊。有頭腦的家長(zhǎng)們開始為孩子早期的學(xué)習(xí)成績(jī)擔(dān)心，并考慮讓孩子進(jìn)入“紅衫狀態(tài)”，即“休學(xué)”。有教育專家表示，課業(yè)學(xué)習(xí)方面的“紅衫行為”其實(shí)是幼兒園方面對(duì)孩子們期望過(guò)高導(dǎo)致的。

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