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I rolled my eyes as I watched a mom help her five-year-old daughter out of the pool: " Honey, you’ re amazing. You’ll be the nex
I rolled my eyes as I watched a mom help her five-year-old daughter out of the pool: " Honey, you’ re amazing. You’ll be the nex
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I rolled my eyes as I watched a mom help her five-year-old daughter out of the pool: " Honey, you’ re amazing. You’ll be the next Olympian!" In reality, she swam more like a struggling pigeon than an elegant swan, but the daughter beamed with confidence. This example illustrates the problem with our know-it-all generation. We’ re programmed to enjoy compliments, and our gears break down when we encounter a new type of software • criticism.
Praise can be necessary for boosting confidence. However, my generation is offered it to the point of overkill. The gold stars on papers with poor scores and the unspoken promise of ice cream after any "accomplishment" fuel a desire for meaningless compliments. Elders essentially worship children until we become condescending (目空一切的) persons; then students run home complaining about teachers who don’t use sweet words, and their parents become verbal punching bags. It has become a vicious cycle.
Aside from the feeling of great satisfaction, this addiction invites arrogance. The teenage attitude—eye-rolling, attention-drawing—is a product of this cycle. Protected by flattery (谄媚) , children develop a feeling of perfection.
We’re so self-involved that we don ’t believe criticism has a place in our lives. Even "constructive criticism" is often a code word for praise. It is vital that we become comfortable with the harsh comments others throw at us and take them at their face value. They aren’t invisible weapons, but rather small doses of reality to help us better ourselves.
Raised in a culture filled with constant praise, it is hard not to yield to the sense of self-worth. It is important to realize that self-esteem is dramatically different from ego. Psychologist Jean Twenge recommends humility (谦逊) , self-evaluation, mindfulness, and thinking of others as a cure for this sense of entitlement. Cutting ourselves off from the constant praise will drastically change the way we perceive ourselves and those around us—an important step to reversing this epidemic.
Before we can set goals for solving poverty, establishing peace, or eliminating any worldly troubles, we must first address the critical faults within ourselves. We are nothing close to the flawlessness we believe we represent, and we must embrace criticism.
My generation is wearing horse blinders
. Unless we reverse this vicious cycle, our world will still retain its false "perfection".
According to paragraph 2, students often complain about their teachers because teachers________.
选项
A、assign them too much work
B、expect too much from them
C、rarely compliment them
D、seldom rate them highly
答案
C
解析
事实细节题。由第二段最后一句话可知,学生抱怨他们老师不说sweet words,即很少称赞他们。故选C。
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