六级标准阅读11-20.docVIP

第11篇(Unit?3??Passage?3) Let?children?learn?to?judge?their?own?work.?A?child?learning?to?talk?does?not?learn?by?being?corrected?all?the?time;?if?corrected?too?much,?he?will?stop?talking.?He?notices?a?thousand?times?a?day?the?difference?between?the?languages?he?uses?and?the?language?those?around?him?use.?Bit?by?bit,?he?makes?the?necessary?changes?to?make?his?language?like?other?people.?In?the?same?way,?when?children?learn?to?do?all?the?other?things?they?learn?to?do?without?being?taught-to?walk,?run,?climb,?whistle,?ride?a?bicycle-compare?those?performances?with?those?of?more?skilled?people,?and?slowly?make?the?needed?changes.?But?in?school?we?never?give?a?child?a?chance?to?find?out?his?own?mistakes?for?himself,?let?alone?correct?them.?We?do?it?all?for?him.?We?act?as?if?we?thought?that?he?would?never?notice?a?mistake?unless?it?was?pointed?out?to?him,?or?correct?it?unless?he?was?made?to.?Soon?he?becomes?dependent?on?the?teacher.?Let?him?do?it?himself.?Let?him?work?out,?with?the?help?of?other?children?if?he?wants?it,?what?this?word?says,?what?answer?is?to?that?problem,?whether?this?is?a?good?way?of?saying?or?doing?this?or?not. If?it?is?a?matter?of?right?answers,?as?it?may?be?in?mathematics?or?science,?give?him?the?answer?book.?Let?him?correct?his?own?papers.?Why?should?we?teachers?waste?time?on?such?routine?work??Our?job?should?be?to?help?the?child?when?he?tells?us?that?he?can’t?find?the?way?to?get?the?right?answer.?Let’s?end?this?nonsense?of?grades,?exams,?marks,?Let?us?throw?them?all?out,?and?let?the?children?learn?what?all?educated?persons?must?some?day?learn,?how?to?measure?their?own?understanding,?how?to?know?what?they?know?or?do?not?know. Let?them?get?on?with?this?job?in?the?way?that?seems?sensible?to?them.?With?our?help?as?school?teachers?if?they?ask?for?it.?The?idea?that?there?is?a?body?of?knowledge?to?be?learnt?at?school?and?used?for?the?rest?of?one’s?life?is?nonsense?in?a?world?as?complicated?and?rapidly?changing?as?ours.?Anxious?parents?and?teachers?say,?“But?