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
考研
Tens of thousands of 18-year-olds will graduate this year and be handed meaningless diplomas. These diplomas won’t look any diff
Tens of thousands of 18-year-olds will graduate this year and be handed meaningless diplomas. These diplomas won’t look any diff
admin
2009-01-14
66
问题
Tens of thousands of 18-year-olds will graduate this year and be handed meaningless diplomas. These diplomas won’t look any different from those awarded their luckier classmates. Their validity will be questioned only when their employers discover that these graduates are semiliterate (半文盲).
Eventually a fortunate few will find their way into educational-repair shops-adult-literacy programs, such as the one where I teach basic grammar and writing. There, high-school graduates and high-school dropouts pursuing graduate-equivalency certificates will learn the skills they should have learned in school. They will also discover they have been cheated by our educational system.
I will never forget a teacher who got the attention of one of my children by revealing the trump card of failure. Our youngest, a world-class charmer, did little to develop his intellectual talents but always got by. Until Mrs. Stifter.
Our son was a high-school senior when he had her for English. "He sits in the back of the room talking to his friends," she told me. "Why don’t you move him to the front row?" I urged, believing the embarrassment would get him to settle down. Mrs. Stifter said, "I don’t move seniors. I flunk(使……不及格) them. " Our son’s academic life flashed before my eyes. No teacher had ever threatened him. By the time I got home I was feeling pretty good about this. It was a radical approach for these times, but, well, why not? "She’s going to flunk you," I told my son. I did not discuss it any further. Suddenly English became a priority(头等要事) in his life. He finished out the semester with an A.
I know one example doesn’t make a case, but at night I see a parade of students who are angry for having been passed along until they could no longer even pretend to keep up. Of average intelligence or better, they eventually quit school, concluding they were too dumb to finish. "I should have been held back," is a comment I hear frequently: Even sadder are those students who are high-school graduates who say to me after a few weeks of class, "I don’t know how I ever got a high-school diploma. "
Passing students who have not mastered the work cheats them and the employers who expect graduates to have basic skills. We excuse this dishonest behavior by saying kids can’t learn if they come from terrible environments. No one seems to stop to think that most kids don’t put school first on their list unless they perceive something is at risk. They’d rather be sailing.
Many students I see at night have decided to make education a priority. They are motivated by the desire for a better job or the need to hang on to the one they’ve got. They have a healthy fear of failure.
People of all ages can rise above their problems, but they need to have a reason to do so. Young people generally don’t have the maturity to value education in the same way my adult students value it. But fear of failure can motivate both.
How did Mrs. Sifter get the attention of one of the author’s children?
选项
A、flunking him.
B、moving his seat.
C、blaming him.
D、playing card with him.
答案
A
解析
细节题。(Lines 1-4,Para.4)Our son was a high-school senior when he had her for English."He sits in the back of the room talking to his friends,"she told me."Why don’t you move him to the front row?" I urged,….:Mrs. Stifter said,"I don’t move seniors.I flunk them."作者儿子是一名高中生,stifter老师给他们上英语课。“他常常跟朋友在后排说话。”她告诉我,“为什么不把他调整到前排?”作者问道。Stifter夫人回答说:“我不动高中生的座位,我给他打不及格分。”
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/eUsa777K
本试题收录于:
MBA联考(英语)题库专业硕士分类
0
MBA联考(英语)
专业硕士
相关试题推荐
尽管计算机可以帮助人们进行沟通,计算机游戏却妨碍了青少年沟通能力的发展。他们把课余时间都花在玩游戏上,而不是与人交流上。所以说,把课余时间花费在玩游戏上的青少年比其他孩子有较弱的沟通能力。以下哪项是上述议论最可能假设的?()
群英和志城都是经营微型计算机的公司,它们是电子一条街的两颗高科技新星。为了在微型计算机方面与国际大公司较量,群英公司和志城公司在加强管理、降低成本、提高质量和改善服务几方面采取了有效的措施。1998年的微机销量比1997年分别增加了15万台和12万台,令国
美国的繁荣是依靠企业不断涌现的新发明,这些发明促使汽车、飞机制造、化工、制药、电子、计算机等领域出现了一批新工业和新产品。因此,经济不断壮大的最好保障是企业在科学研究和发展方面增加经费。以下哪项为真,最能削弱以上的命题?()
规模相当于摧毁西伯利亚森林的那一次在地球大气层中的陨石爆炸,威力相当于1200万吨级的核爆炸,一个世纪大概出现一次。由复杂的计算机程序控制的高度自动化的核导弹防御系统对未预料的情况的反应是无法预测的。如果以上关于由一个复杂的计算机程序控制的高度自
许多人是通过非法复制而不是购买的方式来为家中的计算机添置软件的。但在过去的五年中,因为人们为家用计算机购买软件的平均数量显著增加,所以人们平均购买且用于家用计算机的非法复制软件的数量一定比以前少了。以下哪项如果为真,最能支持上述论证?
WholesalepricesinJulyrosemoresharplythanexpectedandatafasterratethanconsumerprices,【1】thatbusinesseswerestill
WholesalepricesinJulyrosemoresharplythanexpectedandatafasterratethanconsumerprices,【1】thatbusinesseswerestill
WholesalepricesinJulyrosemoresharplythanexpectedandatafasterratethanconsumerprices,【1】thatbusinesseswerestill
WholesalepricesinJulyrosemoresharplythanexpectedandatafasterratethanconsumerprices,【1】thatbusinesseswerestill
Well-trainedcollegegraduates,especiallythosewhohaveagoodcommandofoneortwoforeignlanguages,areingreat______in
随机试题
影响知觉选择性的主观因素包括()
一二九运动中,学生喊出的口号有
患儿,男,10个月,体重5kg,皮下脂肪0.5cm,牛乳喂养,未加辅食,近1个月来食欲差,面色苍白,皮肤弹性差,精神不振。该患儿首优的护理诊断()
房地产经纪人在分析写字楼项目市场时,应重点分析区域内()。
背景某机场拟进行扩建,各单项工程的合同估算价分别为:场道工程18500万元,助航灯光工程3000万元,空管工程180万元。由于对场道工程的工期要求较紧迫,建设单位允许两个施工单位联合共同投标。A公司具备机场场道工程一级专业承包企业资质,B公司具备机场场
经常性排水排水量的组成包括()。
关于现金收支的基本要求,下列表述不正确的是()。
______IalwaysfeltIwouldthroughtheapplication,IneverthoughtIwouldenterHarvardUniversity.
High-TechWarfare(战争) Today,high-techwarfareisnolongeranabstractconcept,butarealissue. Technology______(51)ta
Dopeopleofdifferentagegroupsseeforeignfestivalsinthesameway?
最新回复
(
0
)