Only praising students who contribute from 100,000 VND: Kindness is classified by money

"I don't have much money to go to school, I'd like to donate a lot to help everyone", "I'm a student and don't have much money"... Along with these contents are receipts of money transfers of 10,000, 20,000, 30,000 VND to the Vietnam Fatherland Front to support flood victims from many students.

"I'm a student without much money" is the content of many receipts of donations to flood victims (Screenshot).

In the list of tens of thousands of pages of statements of support for compatriots of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, there are many contents like "I am a student without much money". There, students contribute their small amount of money to support compatriots in flood areas.

Those contributions and sincere words have warmed the hearts of many people, comforted them somewhat amid a series of "fake" receipts edited with many zeros, contributions of 1 dong blown up to 100 dong, contributions of 1 dime inflated to hundreds of thousands, billions.

In front of such a sincere and kind heart of the students, there is the incident of an elementary school in Ho Chi Minh City only giving certificates of merit to students who donated 100,000 VND or more to support flood victims. For those who donated less, they only received letters of merit from their homeroom teachers.

We have to look at the reality of students, especially primary school students who are still in school age and have not yet made money.

The school understands better than anyone that calling on students to contribute cannot be about money, but more importantly, it is about giving them values ​​of compassion, sharing, and empathy in the face of adversity and suffering of their fellow countrymen.

A child's kindness can be cultivated and nurtured without the child having to pay a price or give away money - things they have not earned or have.

A child's kindness does not need a certificate to say "I am kind". If anything, children need encouragement, motivation, and motivation to see the meaning and value of what they do.

But here, right in school, the school "classifies" students' kindness based on the amount of money. Kindness must be from 100,000 VND or more to receive a certificate of merit, and if it is less than this amount, it is "classified" into another form.

Donating to flood victims is a school's way of doing charity, sharing, and empathy. However, with this way of rewarding and classifying, the school is lacking in charity and humanity towards the students' own kindness.

Master Nguyen Duc Minh, a school psychologist at a school in Ho Chi Minh City, said that when he read this news, he was heartbroken and saddened by the school's behavior toward the kindness of its students.

"To me, the kindness of anyone, especially children, does not need certificates or flashy rewards. Rewards that contain measurements and comparisons of kindness between one child and another are even more unacceptable," Mr. Minh expressed.

Through this incident, Mr. Minh believes that in schools there are still two serious problems: formalism and achievements and rankings.

Master Nguyen Duc Minh emphasized that formalism and achievement in school are extremely dangerous for children. This can destroy children when they have to force themselves to show off, live dishonestly, lie, and do not dare to live truthfully.

From the case of many young people "fake" editing the amount of money contributed that has caused a stir recently, according to Mr. Minh, in addition to the virtual life of the young people themselves, it also comes from the fact that society still heavily judges others through material things and appearance.

Giving certificates of merit to students who donated 100,000 VND to flood victims, is the school "classifying" the students' kindness based on the amount of money? (Illustration: Hoai Nam).

Humanity is often praised or criticized based on the amount of money people give. Giving a lot is praised, while giving a little can be said to be stingy, unsharing, and unsympathetic.

Because of this pressure, many people "put on airs" to be praised, admired, and especially to feel secure and psychologically safe.

Measuring humanity is a long-discussed issue, especially during natural disasters, floods, and epidemics.

In response to the question "Can compassion be measured?", educator Nguyen Thuy Uyen Phuong, who brought the philosophy of constructive schools to Vietnam, said that compassion needs to be measured.

But it's not about measuring each other, not about measuring between one person and another, not about seeing who gives more, who is more secretive and quiet...

The most necessary measurement is to measure with yourself, to measure how much compassion comes out of you in your daily life, not just in "sudden" moments.

Measuring the kindness of others is not advisable. Measuring the kindness of children is taboo.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/chi-khen-hoc-sinh-gop-tu-100000-dong-long-nhan-ai-bi-phan-loai-bang-tien-20240925102441055.htm