How-to-escape-education(注释版)

1/6Howtoescapeeducation'sdeathvalley——KenRobinsonThankyouverymuch.0:16ImovedtoAmerica12yearsagowithmywifeTerryandourtwokids.Actually,truthfully,wemovedtoLosAngeles--thinkingweweremovingtoAmerica,butanyway,it'sashortplaneridefromLosAngelestoAmerica.0:37Igothere12yearsago,andwhenIgothere,Iwastoldvariousthings,like,Americansdon'tgetirony（讽刺，嘲弄）.Haveyoucomeacrossthisidea?It'snottrue.I'vetraveledthewholelengthandbreadth(宽度、广度→broadadj.)ofthiscountry.IhavefoundnoevidencethatAmericansdon'tgetirony.It'soneofthoseculturalmyths（谬见、神话）,like,TheBritisharereserved（拘谨的；含蓄的）Idon'tknowwhypeoplethinkthis.We'veinvaded（侵略，入侵→invasionn.）everycountrywe'veencountered(意外地遇见，偶然碰见).Butit'snottrueAmericansdon'tgetirony,butIjustwantyoutoknowthatthat'swhatpeoplearesayingaboutyoubehindyourback.Youknow,sowhenyouleavelivingroomsinEurope,peoplesay,thankfully,nobodywasironicinyourpresence(=inthepresenceofsb:在…的面前).1:27ButIknewthatAmericansgetironywhenIcameacrossthatlegislation(立法、法规)NoChildLeftBehind.Becausewhoeverthoughtofthattitlegetsirony,don'tthey,because--becauseit'sleavingmillionsofchildrenbehind.NowIcanseethat'snotaveryattractivenameforlegislation:MillionsofChildrenLeftBehind.Icanseethat.What'stheplan?Well,wepropose（建议、打算）toleavemillionsofchildrenbehind,andhere'showit'sgoingtowork.2:04Andit'sworkingbeautifully.Insomepartsofthecountry,60percentofkidsdropoutofhighschool.IntheNativeAmericancommunities,it's80percentofkids.Ifwehalved（使减半）thatnumber,oneestimate（估计）isitwouldcreateanetgain净收益totheU.S.economyover10yearsofnearlyatrillion万亿dollars.Froman（economic）pointofview（从…角度来看）,thisisgoodmath,isn'tit,thatweshoulddothis?Itactuallycostsanenormousamounttomopup[清除(不合意或危险的事物)]thedamagefromthedropout（辍学、退学）crisis.2:41Butthedropoutcrisisisjustthetipofaniceberg冰山.Whatitdoesn'tcountareallthekidswhoareinschoolbutbeingdisengaged脱离的fromit,whodon'tenjoyit,whodon'tgetanyrealbenefitfromit.2:54Andthereasonisnotthatwe'renotspendingenoughmoney.Americaspendsmoremoneyoneducationthanmostothercountries.Classsizesaresmallerthaninmanycountries.Andtherearehundredsofinitiatives（法案;倡议）everyyeartotryandimproveeducation.Thetroubleis,it'sallgoinginthewrongdirection.Therearethreeprinciplesonwhichhumanlifeflourishes（繁荣;兴旺）,andtheyare2/6contradicted（与…矛盾、抵触→contradictionn./contradictoryadj.）bythecultureofeducationunderwhichmostteachershavetolabor（艰难地工作、劳累）andmoststudentshavetoendure（忍耐、忍受→endurance忍耐力、持久）.3:27Thefirstisthis,thathumanbeingsarenaturallydifferentanddiverse（多种多样的）.CanIaskyou,howmanyofyouhavegotchildrenofyourown?Okay.Orgrandchildren.Howabouttwochildrenormore?Right.Andtherestofyouhaveseensuchchildren.Smallpeople[wanderingabout](徘徊；漫步).Iwillmakeyouabet,andIamconfidentthatIwillwinthebet.Ifyou'vegottwochildrenormore,Ibetyoutheyarecompletelydifferentfromeachother.Aren'tthey?Aren'tthey?Youwouldneverconfuse(混淆→confusion)them,wouldyou?Like,Whichoneareyou?Remindme.YourmotherandIaregoingtointroducesomecolor-coding(color-code用不同颜色标志)system,sowedon'tgetconfused.4:20EducationunderNoChildLeftBehindisbasedonnotdiversity（多样性、差异）butconformity（一致）.Whatschoolsareencouragedtodoistofindoutwhatkidscandoacrossaverynarrowspectrum（范围、光谱）ofachievement.OneoftheeffectsofNoChildLeftBehindhasbeentonarrowthefocusontotheso-calledSTEM[STEM:科学、技术、工程、数学]disciplines（学科）.They'reveryimportant.I'mnotheretoargueagainstscienceandmath.Onthecontrary,they'renecessarybutthey'renotsufficient（充分的，足够的→sufficiencyn./insufficient反义词）.Arealeducationhasto[giveequalweightto][重视]thearts,thehumanities(历史、哲学、文学等)人文学科,tophysicaleducation.Anawfullotofkids,sorry,thankyou—OneestimateinAmericacurrentlyisthatsomethinglike10percentofkids,gettingonthatway,arebeingdiagnosed诊断；断定withvariousconditionsunderthebroadtitleofattentiondeficit（欠缺，不足）disorder.ADHD[attentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder:注意力缺陷多动症].I'mnotsayingthere'snosuchthing.Ijustdon'tbelieveit'sanepidemic(疾病的)流行、盛行likethis.Ifyousitkidsdown,hourafterhour,doinglow-gradeclerical文书(工作)的work,don'tbesurprisediftheystarttofidget（烦躁；坐立不安）,youknow?Childrenarenot,forthemostpart（在极大程度上，多半）,sufferingfromapsychological心理的condition.They'resufferingfromchildhood.AndIknowthisbecauseIspentmyearlylifeasachild.Iwentthrough[gothrough:经历(尤为艰难时期)]thewholething.Kidsprosper（使繁荣→健康成长）bestwithabroadcurriculum课程thatcelebratestheirvarioustalents,notjustasmallrangeofthem.Andbytheway,theartsaren'tjustimportantbecausetheyimprovemathscores.They'reimportantbecausetheyspeaktopartsofchildren'sbeing本质、个性whichareotherwiseuntouched.6:13Thesecond,thankyou6:19Thesecondprinciplethatdriveshumanlifeflourishingiscuriosity.Ifyoucanlight点燃thespark火星、火花ofcuriosityinachild,theywilllearnwithoutanyfurtherassistance[辅助、协助→assistv.→assistindoingsth:(在某方面)有助益],3/6veryoften.Childrenarenaturallearners.It'sarealachievementtoputthatparticularabilityout,ortostifle使窒息、压制it.Curiosityistheengine引擎ofachievement.NowthereasonIsaythisisbecauseoneoftheeffectsofthecurrentculturehere,ifIcansayso,hasbeentode-professionalizeteachers.Thereisnosystemintheworldoranyschoolinthecountrythatisbetterthanitsteachers.Teachersarethelifeblood生命线