首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The kids are hanging out. They are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without
The kids are hanging out. They are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without
admin
2015-01-09
60
问题
The kids are hanging out. They are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without school. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. Once supervised by teachers and principals,they now appear to be in "self care".
Americans framed the school year around the needs of work and family. In 19th century cities, schools were open seven or eight hours a day, 11 months a year. In rural America,the school year was arranged around the growing season. Now,only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model,but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. Now,three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work,but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.
The six-hour day,the 180-day school year is regarded as somehow sacrosanct. But when parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year, it means that many kids go home to empty houses and that, in the summer,they hang out. "We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and the realities of family life. School,whether we like it or not,is custodial and educational. It always has been,"Says Dr. Ernest Boyer,head of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. His is not a popular idea. Schools are routinely burdened with the job of solving all our social problems. Can they be asked now to synchronize our work and family lives?
It may be easier to promote a longer school year on its educational merits. Despite the complaints and studies about our kids’ lack of learning,the United States still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation. In most of Europe,the school year is 220 days. While classroom time alone doesn’t produce a well-educated child, learning takes time and more learning takes more time. The long summers of forgetting take a toll.
The opposition to a longer school year comes from families that want to and can provide other experiences for their children. It comes from teachers. It comes from tradition. And surely from kids. But the crux of the conflict has been over money. But we can,as Boyer suggests,begin to turn the hands of the school clock forward. The first step is to extend an optional after-school program of education and recreation to every district. The second step is a summer program with its own staff. The third step will be the hardest: a true overhaul of the school year. Once,school was carefully calibrated to arrange children’s schedules around the edges of family needs. Now,working parents,especially mothers,even teachers,try and blend their work lives around the edges of the school day. It’s time to get our calendars updated.
According to the passage,among women with school-age children,the percentage of women who work is_____.
选项
A、1/4
B、1/2
C、2/3
D、3/4
答案
D
解析
题目问:有学龄儿童的家庭,母亲有工作的比例是多少?第二段最后一句“three-quarters of themothers of school-age children work”,通过这句话可知,有学龄儿童的家庭,母亲有工作的比例是3/4。据此判断,应选择D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/BDLO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
ThehistoryofAfrican—Americansduringthepast400yearsistraditionallynarrated【1】anongoingstruggleagainst【2】andindiffe
Thewaythatpeoplespendtheirmoney,andtheobjectsonwhichtheyspendit,arethelastareaswherefreechoiceandindividu
Theapplesfromthistreetasteespecially______.
Inthepast,Americancollegesanduniversitieswerecreatedtoserveadualpurpose—toadvancelearningandtoofferachancet
Contradictorytopopularbelief,recentsurveysshowthatbesideshousewives,manycollegestudentsarealso______tosoapoper
In1816,anapparentlyinsignificanteventinaremotepartofNorthernEurope_____Europeintoabloodywar.
IcelandliesfarnorthintheAthlantic,withitsnorthernmosttipactually______theArcticCircle.
Wewerefourscoresleftbehindwithfiveminutestogo,sothegamelookedcompletely______.
Customhasnotbeencommonlyregardedasasubjectofanygreatmoment.Theinnerworkingsofourownbrainswefeeltobeuniqu
Thereceptionwasattendedbyvarious______membersofthelocalcommunityandrepresentativesofregionalindustries.
随机试题
对我国社会主义初级阶段的社会主要矛盾作出规范表述的是()
简述头脑风暴法实施的基本要点。
输血需加温的是
患者,女,59岁。舌左侧缘中部溃烂5个月,约2.3cm×1.5cm×0.5cm大小,活检报告为“鳞癌”,下6残根,边缘锐利。舌癌的好发部位是
甲公司为制造业企业,2×16年产生下列现金流量:(1)收到客户定购商品预付款3000万元;(2)税务部门返还上年度增值税款600万元;(3)支付购入作为以公允价值计量且其变动计入当期损益的金融资产核算的股票投资款1200万元:(4)为补充营运资金不足,自股
毛泽东提出在科学文化领域里实行的方针是()。
去年国庆某商场2天时间的销售额为2000万元。今年该商场预计,国庆期间销售额达到7000万元是不成问题的。以下哪一项最能支持上述推理?
已知二叉树T的结点形式为(llink,data,count,rlink),在树中查找值为X的结点,若找到,则记数(count)加l;否则,作为一个新结点插入树中,插入后仍为二叉排序树,写出其非递归算法。
ThePetofModernPeopleWriteanessayof160-200wordsbasedonthedrawing.Inyouressay,youshould1)describethe
Shehasa_____knowledgeofFrench,butshecan’tresistshowingoffinpublic.
最新回复
(
0
)