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A report issued last week by the federal government’s National Center for Health Statistics contained a jaw-dropper: the parents
A report issued last week by the federal government’s National Center for Health Statistics contained a jaw-dropper: the parents
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2013-07-02
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A report issued last week by the federal government’s National Center for Health Statistics contained a jaw-dropper: the parents of nearly one of every five boys in the United States were concerned enough about what they saw as their sons’ emotional or behavioral problems that they consulted a doctor or a health-care professional. By comparison, about one out of 10 parents of girls reported these kinds of problems.
The report confirms what many of us have been observing for some time now: that lots of school-age boys are struggling. And, parents are intensely worried about them.
What is bothering our sons? Some experts suggest we are witnessing an epidemic of ADHD and say boys need more medication. Others say that environmental pollutants found in plastics, among other things, may be eroding their attention spans and their ability to regulate their emotions.
Those experts may be right but I have another suggestion. Let’s examine the way our child rearing and our schools have evolved in the last 10 years. Then ask ourselves this challenging question: could some of those changes we have embraced in our families, our communities and our schools be driving our sons crazy?
Instead of unstructured free play, parents now schedule their kids’ time from dawn till dusk. By age 4, an ever-increasing number of children are enrolled in preschool. There, instead of learning to get along with other kids, hold a crayon(蜡笔)and play Duck, Duck, Goose, children barely out of diapers(尿布)are asked to fill out work sheets, learn computation or study Mandarin. The drumbeat for early academics gets even louder when they enter "real" school. Veteran teachers will tell you that first graders are now routinely expected to master a curriculum that, only 15 years ago, would have been considered appropriate for second, even third graders. The way we teach children has changed, too. In many communities, elementary schools have become test-prep factories — where standardized testing begins in kindergarten and "teaching to the test" is considered a virtue. At the same time, recess is being pushed aside in order to provide extra time for reading and math drills. So is history and opportunities for hands-on activities — like science labs and art. Active play is increasingly frowned on — some schools have even banned recess and tag.
Some researchers responded to last weeks’ study by calling for more resources for more mental-health services for children — especially males. That’s an admirable goal. But when nearly one in five boys has such serious behavioral and emotional issues that their parents are talking it over with their pediatrician(小儿科医生), you can bet we are facing a problem that requires a more fundamental change in our society than medication or weekly therapy. Let’s take a moment, before the school year gets any farther underway, and ask ourselves whether we are raising and educating our boys in a way that respects their natural development. And if we are not, let’s figure out how we can bring our family life and our schools back into line.
What might boys usually do at school say 15 years ago?
选项
A、By age 4 they learned to get along with other kids.
B、By age 4 they learned computation or studied Mandarin.
C、They took the rest time to do reading and math exercises.
D、They took the rest time to learn history, science labs and art.
答案
A
解析
推理判断题。第五段开头提到越来越多的孩子4岁就被送进学前班。在那里,他们不是去学习怎样与其他孩子相处,用蜡笔画画或是玩丢手绢,这些刚刚摘掉尿布的孩子被要求做练习题,学习计算或讲普通话。下文还说了现在一年级孩子们学的课程在15年前可能是二、三年级的课程。由此可以看出现在的孩子与以前的孩子在学校接受教育状况的反差,进一步可以推断出学习怎样与其他孩子相处,用蜡笔画画或是玩丢手绢这些事在15年前都是4岁孩子可能经常做的,故[A]项正确。
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