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
Competition for admission to the country’s top private schools has always been tough, but this year Elisabeth Krents realized it
Competition for admission to the country’s top private schools has always been tough, but this year Elisabeth Krents realized it
admin
2020-12-14
39
问题
Competition for admission to the country’s top private schools has always been tough, but this year Elisabeth Krents realized it had reached a new level. Her wake-up call came when a man called the Dalton School in Manhattan, where Krents is admission director, and inquired about the age cut off for their kindergarten program. After providing the information(they don’t use an age cut off), she asked about the age of his child. The man paused for an uncomfortably long time before answering. "Well, we don’t have a child yet," he told Krents. "We’re trying to figure out when to conceive a child so the birthday is not a problem."
School obsession is spreading from Manhattan to the rest of the country. Precise current data on private schools are unavailable, but interviews with representatives of independent and religious schools all told the same story: a glut of applicants, higher rejection rates. "We have people calling us for spots two years down the road," said Marilyn Collins of the Seven Hills School in Cincinnati. "We have grandparents calling for pregnant daughters." Public-opinion poll after poll indicates that Americans’ No. 1 concern is education. Now that the long economic boom has given parents more disposable income, many are turning to private schools, even at price tags of well over $10,000 a year. "We ’re getting applicants from a broader area, geographically, than we ever have in the past," said Betsy Haugh of the Latin School of Chicago, which experienced a 20 percent increase in applications this year.
The problem for the applicants is that while demand has increased, supply has not. "Every year, there are a few children who do not find places, but this year, for the first time that I know, there are a significant number of children who don’t have places," said Krents, who also heads a private-school admission group in New York.
So what can parents do to give their 4-year-old an edge? Schools know there is no foolproof way to pick a class when children are so young. Many schools give preference to siblings or alumni children. Some use lotteries. But most rely on a mix of subjective and objective measures: tests that at best identify developmental maturity and cognitive potential, interviews with parents and observation of applicants in classroom settings. They also want a diverse mix. Children may end up on a waiting list simply because their birthdays fall at the wrong time of year, or because too many applicants were boys.
The worst thing a parent can do is to pressure preschoolers to perform—for example, by pushing them to read or do math exercises before they’re ready. Instead, the experts say, parents should take a breath and look for alternatives. Another year in preschool may be all that’ s needed. Parents, meanwhile, may need a more open mind about relatively unknown private schools—or about magnet schools in the public system. There’ s no sign of the private-school boom letting up. Dalton’ s spring tours, for early birds interested in the 2001-2002 school year, are filled. The wait list? Forget it. That’s closed, too.
Which one of the following should parents avoid to do according to the passage?
选项
A、To force children to learn.
B、To search for other choices.
C、To be relaxed.
D、To open minds.
答案
A
解析
细节题。题干问,根据原文家长应该避免做什么?定位于原文最后一段第一句,“The worst thing a parent can do is to pressure preschoolers to perform--forexample,by pushing them to read or do math exercises before they’re ready.”意思是,家长最不应该给学前儿童压力,比如在他们还没准备好时,逼他们阅读或做数学题。选项A与原文意思相违背,所以选A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/w8P7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
InequalityIsNotInevitable[A]Adangeroustrendhasdevelopedoverthispastthirdofacentury.Acountrythatexperiencedsh
ReformandMedicalCosts[A]Americansaredeeplyconcernedabouttherelentlessriseinhealthcarecostsandhealthinsurancep
EliteMathCompetitionsStruggletoDiversifyTheirTalentPool[A]Interestinelitehighschoolmathcompetitionshasgrownin
A、Byobservingtheordinaryonesthathavealreadyerupted.B、Bystudyingthelargerpartofavolcanohiddenunderground.C、By
A、Numbersofpeopleinvolved.B、Qualityofthisrelationship.C、Commitmentofthisrelationship.D、Membersbeingrelatives.B根据第
A、Avisittoaprison.B、Theinfluenceofhisfather.C、Atalkwithsomemiserableslaves.D、HisexperienceinthewarbetweenF
Somemarriagesseemtocollapsesosuddenlythatyou’dneedacrystalballtopredicttheirdemise(灭亡).Inothercases,though,
Somemarriagesseemtocollapsesosuddenlythatyou’dneedacrystalballtopredicttheirdemise(灭亡).Inothercases,though,
Tosaythatthechildlearnsbyimitationandthatthewaytoteachistosetagoodexampleoversimplifies.Nochildimitatese
Tosaythatthechildlearnsbyimitationandthatthewaytoteachistosetagoodexampleoversimplifies.Nochildimitatese
随机试题
AX线片可见蒂状、鹿角状或血丘状骨性凸起BX线片可见Codman三角CX线片可见“日光射线”现象DX线片可见葱皮状骨膜反应EX线片可见肥皂泡样骨质破坏阴影骨巨细胞瘤患者可能出现
A.稽留热B.弛张热C.间歇热D.回归热E.不规则热常见于渗出性胸膜炎的热型为
脓肿局部切开引流的目的不包括
姜某,男,34岁。患者3天前出现腹痛,里急后重,下痢赤白黏冻,肛门灼热,小便赤涩,苔黄腻,脉滑数。其治法为()
甲市人民法院一审对林某强奸案作出判决,如果该案判决有错误,有权按照第二审程序提起抗诉的是()
建设工程实行施工总承包的,由施工总承包单位负责收集、汇总各分包单位形成的工程档案,各分包单位应将本单位形成的工程文件整理、立卷后及时移交()。
下列不属于产权证书办理的约定问题的表现的是( )。
对于风险发生的可能性高而且影响显著的战略风险.采取的措施是()。
舅舅:外甥
Somebelievethatintheageofidentikitcomputergames,massentertainmentandconformityonthesupermarketshelves,trulyin
最新回复
(
0
)