The experts revealed the nuances of preparing for the exam: who are the “sudden parents”

In the spring, Russians study a lot, lose weight and prepare for Easter

Spring is the busiest time for school. Graduates are on the nose of the exam, school balls and admission. For the rest of the schoolchildren, the final control and independent, and already the summer holidays are looming on the horizon. Teachers also have a hot time of preparing for exams, gathering material for a year, then parting with 11-graders … And – the longed-for 56 days of vacation.

This whole situation is reflected on the Internet platforms of services, including in the field of education. The self-employed, for example, have “registered a spike” in requests for tutors. Most often, paid teachers formalize their financial and legal relations with the state in this way. The hype on profile sites, as it began at the end of February, does not subside: every fourth search is somehow connected with tutors.

The leader, of course, is assistance in preparing for the Unified State Examination and entering universities. Most often, in an emergency mode, they try to pull up mathematics, the Russian language, physics, chemistry and biology, history and social science.

“Mathematics and Russian are compulsory subjects,” explains Maria Bushueva, an expert in the field of the Unified State Examination. — Physics has been growing for the second year now, because the enrollment in engineering is increasing, many are striving to get into the budget. Chemistry, by the way, is also needed for a number of technical areas: materials science, metallurgy, rocket science, etc. Biology, of course, medicine, but not only. Pharmacy, biotechnology, veterinary medicine. Or ecology, a fashionable direction for the subsequent second higher education in other countries. The Unified State Examination in social science is needed for admission to economics, journalism and PR, psychology, management and administration … This subject has traditionally been taken and is taken a lot. But with history, the situation is new, perhaps such a sign of the times.

However, as the expert says, delayed strategies and well-thought-out trajectories of income are less common than complete carelessness. Year by year, the number of people who, 2 months before the start of admission, suddenly discover an “unaccounted” subject for the exam, does not decrease. Or it turns out that a child in basic mathematics cannot write assignments even for 30 points … “Both I and my colleagues count 10-15% of such “sudden parents” every year,” says Bushueva.

Trying to “breathe before the Unified State Examination” and jump into the last car, some latecomers try to resort to non-traditional methods of preparation. On the same platforms, you can easily find the services of neuropsychologists who “tune in to the exam.” Or even hypnotists preparing for an exam in their sleep.

“Yes, this is my “favorite,” says neuropsychologist Svetlana Borisova. – Sometimes I deliberately study such proposals and regret that my conscience does not allow me to arrange sessions of “preparation for the exam.” After all, it’s expensive, in the contract you only attribute “we are not responsible for the result”, in small print … In fact, the same hypnosis, suggestive technologies will help relieve acute stress, perhaps. Even building confidence requires therapy. There are no ways to shove a high school course into a person’s brain in one session … And what, in fact, is up to neuropsychology, which studies the relationship between the brain and mental processes, such as attention, memory, thinking, it can be effective in learning. Including when preparing for an exam. But only if you exercise for six months to a year or longer. And such therapy is most effective for children 5–12 years old.

But not by study alone. Ahead is warm, summer, the onset of the beach season. Therefore, the second most frequently requested request to the self-employed (18%) is the search for a fitness trainer, nutritionist and nutritionist. People “woke up” and are trying to put in order the “winter” figure. The services of animators, all kinds of organizers of celebrations, photo and video filming are also popular: the approach of school graduation balls and spring corporate parties is affecting. This service is requested by 15% of visitors. 9% of those who applied, which is also quite a lot, are looking for help in cleaning the premises: apartments and country houses – the approach of the bright Easter holiday and the inevitability of the beginning of the summer season are affecting.