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1、22、GoalofAmericaneducationEducationisallenormousandexpensivepartofAmericanlife.Itssizeismatchedbyitsvariety.DifferencesinAmericanschoolscomparedwiththosefoundinthemajorityofothercountrieslieinthefactthateducationherehaslongbeenintendedforeveryone—notjustforaprivilegedelite.Schoolsaree
2、xpectedtomeettheneedsofeverychild,regardlessofability,andalsotheneedsofsocietyitself.Thismeansthatpublicschoolsoffermorethanacademicsubjects.Itsurprisesmanypeoplewhentheycomeheretofindhighschoolsofferingsuchcoursesastyping,sewing,radiorepair,computerprogrammingordrivertraining,alongwi
3、thtraditionalacademicsubjectssuchasmathematics,history,andlanguages.Studentschoosetheircurriculadependingontheirinterests,futuregoals,andlevelofability.TheunderlyinggoalofAmericaneducationistodevelopeverychildtotheutmostofhisorherownpossibilities,andtogiveeachoneasenseofcivicandcommun
4、ityconsciousness.Schoolshavetraditionallyplayedanimportantroleincreatingnationalunityand“Americanizing”themillionsofimmigrantswhohavepouredintothiscountryfrommanydifferentbackgroundsandorigins.Schoolsstillplayalargeroleinthecommunity,especiallyinthesmalltowns.Theapproachtoteachingmays
5、eemunfamiliartomany,notonlybecauseitisinformal,butalsobecausethereisnotmuchemphasisonlearningfacts.Instead,Americanstrytoteachtheirchildrentothinkforthemselvesandtodeveloptheirownintellectualandcreativeabilities.Studentsspendmuchtime,learninghowtouseresourcematerials,libraries,statist
6、icsandcomputers.Americansbelievethatifchildrenaretaughttoreasonwellandtoresearchwell,theywillbeabletofindwhateverfactstheyneedthroughouttherestoftheirlives.Knowinghowtosolveproblemsisconsideredmoreimportantthantheaccumulationoffacts.ThisisAmerica’sanswertothesearchingquestionthatthoug
7、htfulparentsallovertheworldareaskingthemselvesinthefast-movingtime:‘‘HowCanonepreparetoday’schildforatomorrowthatonecanneitherpredictnorunderstand?”词汇:privilegedadj.享有特权的Eliten.精英,精华academicadj.学术的curriculan.课程underlyingadj.潜在的reasonv.推理练习:1.WmchofthefollowingbeststatesthegoalofAmeric
8、anedu
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