研究生英语课件以及课后详细答案第八单元.pptVIP

Questions 1. Why does the author believe there should be fewer days of school? 2. How does the author interpret the remark that no one marries his first love? 3. Are there any of the author’s viewpoints which you disagree with? What are they and why? Text Will Durant in his Lessons of History claimed that the greatest hope of human race is increased education. I venture to wonder why? School is unfree, rather like a jail with a term lasting twenty years, if you’re able to stick to the course. Childhood and youth are sacred times when innate curiosity is intense and health and zest tend to be strong. Those years are too important to be frittered away memorizing irrelevant trivia in herded mobs under the heavy hand of compulsion. Ben Franklin had just two years in school and flunked both times—yet he went on to make himself the ablest and best-rounded leader in our history. Pascal and Petrie had no schooling at all. So learning can occur outside as well as in—perhaps even better, and especially now, when there are fine libraries open to all as well as television, bookstores, newspapers, and magazines. Think of the National Geographic! 1. Here on the other hand are arguments for education: 2. Older people know more, so the young can learn from them. Parental teaching might be preferable (and does increasingly occur), but in many families both parents are away at work. Anyway, teachers are specialists in particular subjects. These arguments are valid, and, it must be conceded, some learning does occur in schools. 3. Money! A school diploma is virtually useless on the job market, and so is a college degree. But school prepares for college, which prepares for postgraduate school, which prepares for entry into well-paid professions. In 1981 the average high school graduate made ＄18 138, whereas the average for those with five or more years of college was ＄32 887. Lifetime earnings for the high school graduates averaged ＄845 000, compare