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1、请点击右上角的分享按钮与好友共享第三十五篇GoingHerOwnWayWhenshewastwelve,Mariamadeherfirstimportantdecisionaboutthecourseofherlife.Shedecidedthatshewantedtocontinuehereducation.Mostgirlsfrommiddle-classfamilieschosetostayhomeafterprimaryschool,thoughsomeattendedprivateCatholic"finishing"schools.Theretheylearnedalitt
2、leaboutmusic,art,needlework,andhowtomakepoliteconversation.ThiswasnotthesortofeducationthatinterestedMaria---orhermother.Bythistime,shehadbegantotakeherstudiesmoreseriously.Shereadconstantlyandbroughtherbookseverywhere.Onetimesheevenbroughthermathbooktothetheaterandtriedtostudyinthedark.Mariakne
3、wthatshewantedtogoonlearninginaseriousway.Thatmeantattendingthepublichighschool,somethingthatveryfewgirlsdid.InItalyatthetime,thereweretwotypesofhighschools;the"classical"schoolsandthe"technical"schools.Intheclassical.schools,thestudentsfollowedaverytraditionalprogramofstudies,withcoursesinLatin
4、andGreeklanguageandliterature,andItalianliteratureandhistory1.Thefewgirlswhocontinuedstudyingafterprimaryschoolusuallychosetheseschools.Maria,however,wantedtoattendatechnicalschool.Thetechnicalschoolsweremoremodernthantheclassicalschoolsandtheyofferedcoursesinmodemlanguages,mathematics,science,a
5、ndaccounting2.Mostpeople---includingMaria'sfather--believedthatgirlswouldneverbeabletounderstandthese.subjects.Furthermore,theydidnotthinkitwasproperforgirlstostudythem.Marindidnotcareifitwasproperornot.Mathandsciencewerethesubjectsthatinterestedhermost.Butbeforeshecouldsignupforthetechnicalscho
6、ol,shehadtowinherfather'sapproval.Shefinallydid,withhermother'shelp,thoughformanyyearsafter,therewastensioninthefamily.Maria'sfathercontinuedtoopposeherplans,whilehermotherhelpedher.In1883,atagethirteen,Mariaenteredthe"RegiaScuolaTecnicaMichelangeloBuonarroti"inRome.Herexperienceatthisschoolisdi
7、fficultforustoimagine.Thoughthecoursesincludedmodemsubjects,theteachingmethodswereverytraditional.Learningconsistedofmemorizinglonglistsoffactsandrepeatingthembacktotheteacher.Studentswerenotsupposedtoaskquestionsorthinkfort
