首页
登录
从业资格
In the college-admissions wars, we paren
In the college-admissions wars, we paren
最全题库
2022-08-02
49
问题
In the college-admissions wars, we parents are the true fighters. We're pushing our kids to get good grades, take SAT preparatory courses and build resumes so they can get into the college of our first choice. I've twice been to the wars, and as I survey the battlefield, something different is happening. We see our kids' college background as a prize demonstrating how well we've raised them. But we can't acknowledge that our obsession is more about us than them. So we've contrivedvarious justifications that turn out to be half-truths, prejudices or myths. It actually doesn't matter much whether Aaron and Nicole go to Stanford.We have a full-blown prestige panic; we worry that there won't be enough prizes to go around. Fearful parents urge their children to apply to more schools than ever. Underlying the hysteria is the belief that scarce elite degrees must be highly valuable. Their graduates must enjoy more success because they get a better education and develop better contacts. All that is plausible--and mostly wrong. We haven't found any convincing evidence that selectivity or prestige matters. Selective schools don't systematically employ better instructional approaches than less selective schools. On two measures--professor's feedback and the number of essay exams--selective schools do slightly worse.By some studies, selective schools do enhance their graduates' lifetime earnings. The gain is reckoned at 2-4% for every 100-point increase in a school's average SAT scores. But even this advantage is probably a statistical fluke. A well-known study examined students who got into highly selective schools and then went elsewhere. They earned just as such as graduates from higher-status schools.Kids count more than their colleges. Getting into Yale may signify intelligence, talent and ambition. But it's not the only indicator and, paradoxically, its significance is declining. The reason:so many similar people go elsewhere. Getting into college isn't life's only competition. In the next competition--the job market and graduate school--the results may change. Old-boy networks are breaking down. Princeton economist Alan Krueger studied admissions to one top Ph.D. program. High scores on the GRE helped explain who got in; degrees of prestigious universities didn' t.So, parents, lighten up. The stakes have been vastly exaggerated. Up to a point, we can rationalize our pushiness. America is a competitive society; our kids need to adjust to that. But too much pushiness can be destructive. The very ambition we impose on our children may get some into Harvard but may also set them up for disappointment. One study found that, other things being equal, graduates of highly selective schools experienced more job dissatisfaction. They may have been so conditioned to being on top that anything less disappoints.Why does the author say that parents are the true fighters in the college-admissions wars?A.They have the final say in which university their children are to attend.B.They know best which universities are most suitable for their children.C.They have to carry out intensive surveys of colleges before children make an application.D.They care more about which college their children go to than the children themselves.
选项
A.They have the final say in which university their children are to attend.
B.They know best which universities are most suitable for their children.
C.They have to carry out intensive surveys of colleges before children make an application.
D.They care more about which college their children go to than the children themselves.
答案
D
解析
根据题干关键词定位到文章第一段。通读全段后可知父母是高考大战中真正的作战者,他们更关心孩子能考上哪所大学,而不是更关心孩子,因为这可以说明自己教育的成功。故选D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/congyezige/1878808.html
本试题收录于:
中学英语学科知识与教学能力题库教师资格笔试分类
中学英语学科知识与教学能力
教师资格笔试
相关试题推荐
Inthecollege-admissionswars,weparen
Inthecollege-admissionswars,weparen
Inthecollege-admissionswars,weparen
Inthecollege-admissionswars,weparen
Inthecollege-admissionswars,weparen
Inthecollege-admissionswars,weparen
Inthecollege-admissionswars,weparen
随机试题
Hello,everyone.Itisagreatpleasuretohaveyouasassistantstohelp【B1
人在感知事物时,各种感官互相协作、相互影响和沟通,一种感官的变化,常会引起其他感
地下商业超市设计 任务书与解答 任务书 设计题目:地下商业超市设计
被称为"西医之父"的医学家是()A.帕茨瓦尔 B.希波克拉底 C.阿
下列各项,不属炮制代名词的是A.修治 B.修事 C.炮炙 D.修制 E.
下列各项中,( )属于流动资产。 A.短期有价证券 B.长期投资
乙工厂为了增加产品销量,模仿某著名厂家甲生产的同类产品的包装,足以使消费者认为该
金完颜亮以燕京为首都,称为( )。A.上京 B.中都 C.中京 D.大都
根据对被审计单位持续经营能力的审计结论,注册会计师在判断应出具何种类型的审计报告
配电箱内应设置漏电保护器,其额定漏电动作电流和额定漏电动作时间应安全可靠。总配电
最新回复
(
0
)