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2.Home-schooladvocatessaytheyhavecooperativeswherealotofstudentsgatherforsportsandotheractivities.
3.Thesecondthingisthatofcourseyoucandocumentthatthemediastorieshavebecomemorefavorable.
4.Informationthatresearchersgleanedfromthesetestsistheclosestthingthiscountryhastoanationalreportcardonstudents'
academicprogress.
5.Privateschoolstudentsoutperformedpublicschoolstudents,butmathandsciencescoresforprivateschoolstudentshaveremainedflatsince1980.
PartIIHomeschooling
1.fundamentalist:
信奉正统派基督教的人
2.hippies:
Apersonwhoopposesandrejectsmanyoftheconventionalstandardsandcustomsofsociety,especiallyonewhoadvocatesextremeliberalisminsociopoliticalattitudesandlifestyles.
嬉皮士:
反对并且拒绝社会传统的标准与习俗的人,特指提倡极端自由主义的社会政治态度和生活方式的人
3.leery:
suspicious
4.kook:
Apersonregardedasstrange,eccentric,orcrazy.
怪人;
狂人:
被认为是奇怪的、怪异的或疯狂的人
5.dyslexia:
Alearningdisordermarkedbyimpairmentoftheabilitytorecognizeandcomprehendwrittenwords.
诵读困难:
一种学习障碍,症状是识别或理解书写文字的能力受到损伤
6.nightowl:
Apersonwhohabituallystaysupandisactivelateintothenight.
夜间工作者,熬夜者:
习惯于熬夜且直到深夜仍很兴奋的人
7.rating:
anevaluation
8.preclude:
exclude
9.downside:
Adisadvantageousaspect
Outline
I.Homeschooling--oneofthefastestgrowingtrendsinAmericaneducation
Definition:
parentsteachingchildrenathomeinsteadofsendingthemofftoschool
II.Peopletakingpartinhomeschooling
A.Thosetakingpart
1.Twentyyearsago:
mainlysomepeoplewhorejectedformaleducation
2.Today:
manypeoplefrommainstreamAmerica
B.Numberofhomeschoolingstudents
1.Adecadeago:
300,000
1,500,000
III.AspecificexampleaboutJeanForbesandherboy
IV.Majorargumentsagainsthomeschooling
A.Standardssetbystatelawsbeingtoorelaxed
1.Noteacher'
scertificateorundergraduatedegreerequired
2.Only26statesrequiringanannualstandardizedtest
B.Lackofsocialization
V.FutureofhomeschoolinginPatriciaWines'
view:
slowlygainingbroadacceptance
A.TheGalluppoll:
ratingsgoinguptosupportpeople'
srighttotryhomeschoolingthoughmostAmericansstilldonotreallyapproveofitasaneducationalmethod
B.Mediastoriesbecomingmorefavorable
VI.Percentageofhome-schooledchildreninAmerica:
1.5%
QuestionsAnswers
1.WhatwasJean'
sopinionofleery/kooks/underground
homeschooling?
movement/scary
2.WhydidJeanchoosehomedyslexia/schoolnothandling
schoolingforherboyAaron?
well/notaffordprivateschools
3.HowdoesAaronfeelaboutlovedit/excited/neverwanted
homeschooling?
togoback
4.Whatistheschedulelikerelaxed/nightowls/notgetup
forAaron?
early/eitherchoresorschool
first/nogradingsystem/
differentapproach
5.DoesJeangiveanyteststooccasionally/notveryoften
Aaron?
A--AnnouncerR--ReporterJ--JeanP--Patricia
A:
OneofthefastestgrowingtrendsinAmericaneducationiscalledhomeschooling.Itmeansthatoneorbothparentsteachtheirchildrenathomeinsteadofsendingthemofftoschool.
R..Abouttwentyyearsago,mostAmericanswouldn'
thaveconsidereditanoption.Peoplewhotrieditwerefewandfarbetween,basicallysomefundamentalistChristiansandformerhippieswho,fordifferentreasons,rejectedformaleducation.Todayitislegalineverystate.Thenumberofhomeschoolingstudentsisestimatedat1.5million,upfrom300,000adecadeago,andmanyarefrommainstreamAmerica.
JeanForbes,ofAlexandria,Virginia,aformeractressandmotheroftwoboys,isoneofthenewgenerationofhomeschoolers.
J.IdidnotknowanythingabouthomeschoolingandIwasalittleleery.Ithoughtitwasabunchofkooksoutthere.Youknow,someundergroundmovementthatwasalittlescary.AndIwaswrong.Ialsofoundoutthatthereareprobablyalmostasmanyreasonsforhomeschoolingastherearehomeschoolers.Peoplewhohave...giftedchildrenwhoarelearningdisabled,forinstance.It'
sahugegrowingsectorofthehome-schoolcommunity.
R:
SixyearsagoJeanandherhusband,Jan,pulledtheirboy,Aaron,outofapublicschool.Theboyhasdyslexia,areadingdisability.JeanForbessaystheschoolwasn'
thandlingitwellatall.
J.Wedecidedwemaybecoulddoabetterjob.Wealsocouldn'
taffordprivateschools.Sowedidn'
tfeelwehadawholelotofoptions.Theonlythingleftwashomeschooling.
Andhowdoeshefeelaboutthat?
J:
Heabsolutelylovestheidea.Hewasveryexcitedandeverytime...he'
snowafreshmaninhighschool...we'
restillhome-schoolinghimaswellashisyoungerbrotherandhe'
snevereverwantedtogoback.EverytimeI'
vesaid,"
Hey,isthisyou,youwanttogobacktoschool?
....What,areyoukidding?
"
That'
sthenormalresponseIget.
Tellmeabouttheday,howitstarts.Isitlikearegularclassroomschedule?
Doyoustart9o'
clockmath,10o'
clock...youknow...?
J.No,wedon'
t.TherearehomeschoolersIknowthatdothat,becausethat'
swhat'
scomfortableforthem.Wedon'
tdothat.Wehaveamuchmorerelaxedschedule.Wealltendtobenightowlsaroundhere,sowe'
remoreofanightfamily.Sothekidsdon'
tgetupoutofbedeventhatearly.It'
salmost10o'
clocknow.Theyprobablywon'
tgetoutofbedforanotherhalfhourorso.
R.Andthenwhathappens?
J.Andthenwedecidearewedoingchoresfirstthismorning,andthenschool,ortheotherwayaround.So,Itrytokeepalittlemorerelaxed.Idon'
tuseagradingsystem.Ifyouknowthismaterial,wegoon.Ifyoudon'
tknowit,wetrytofindadifferentwayofapproachingitsothatyoudolearnit.
R.Anytests?
J.Occasionally,butnotveryoften.
R.JeanForbeshasarelaxedapproach.Infact,oneofthemajorargumentsagainsthomeschoolingisthatstandardssetbystatelawsaretoorelaxed.Notonestaterequiresparentstohaveateacher'
scertificateoranundergraduatedegree.Only26statesrequirestudentstakeanannualstandardizedtest.
Anothercriticismofhomeschoolingistheapparentlackofsocialization.Criticssaythechildrendon'
tmeetenoughpeopleoutsidethefamilies.Home-schooladvocatessaytheyhavecooperativeswherealotofstudentsgatherforsportsandotheractivities.JeanForbes,forinstance,has40studentsinherdramaclass.Andinsomestatesthechildrenevenhaveaccesstopublicschools.Theycanusecomputerrooms,tryoutforthefootballteam,evensignupforanadvancedsciencecourse,likebiologyorchemistry.PatriciaLines,aseniorresearchanalystattheU.S.DepartmentofEducation,saysthatinherview,homeschoolersareslowlygainingbroadacceptance.
P:
MostAmericans...ifyoulookattheGalluppollonit,(Americanpublic-opinionanalyst.Throughhistechniquesofpollingthepublic,heaccuratelypredictedtheoutcomeofthe1936presidentialelection.Galluppollshavebeenusedregularlyeversince.):
mostAmericansstilldonotreallyapproveofhomeschoolingasaneducationalmethod,buttheydosupportpeoples'
righttotryitandtheirratingsaregoingupgradually.Thesecondthingisthatofcourseyoucandocumentthatthemediastorieshavebecomemorefavorable.
R.Still,arelativelysmallpercentageofthenation'
schildrenarehome-schooled,onlyabout1.5percentoftheelementaryandsecondaryschoolpopulation,accordingtoresearchers.Thefactis,mostAmericanparents,menandwomen,workoutsidethehome,whichobviouslyprecludestheirinvolvementinhomeschooling.AndmostAmericansapparentlyremainsatisfiedwiththeirschoolsinspiteofamixedacademicrecordandtheoccasionalreportsofviolence.
Inmynextreport,I'
lllookatthedownsidetohomeschooling.
1.glean:
tocollectbitbybit
2.decimal:
十进的,小数的,以十为基础的,十进制
3.fraction:
分数
4.stall:
tocometoastop
5.calculus:
微积分
PartIIIEducationthenandnow
9-year-olds13-year-olds17-year-olds
Scienceslightlybettergrasptodayscoreshavestalled
Matha.better(add,subtract,multiply,divide)than30yearsago
b.moreskilledinbasicgeometryastheygetolder
Readinga.the1970sand'
80s:
scoresimproved
b.the1990s:
scoresdropped&
stayedflat
Leadingstatement:
Today'
sstud
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