那所極爛的高中把我送入了“藤校”！ - 女兒從哈佛發(fā)給我的文章 陳巍博士 Jan,2016 在公司里，突然收到剛剛離開高中進(jìn)入大學(xué)第一學(xué)期女兒發(fā)來的email: “Interesting Article I Read ”然后是文章的鏈接。下面是原文與翻譯： 在進(jìn)入高中的第一天，走在高中校園的大門里，我跟媽媽說，“媽媽，我第一天聽到的F-炸彈的次數(shù)遠(yuǎn)比我以前一生的總和還多。” 我的媽媽，一位永遠(yuǎn)的樂觀主義者，提醒我，要去東高中曾是我自己的決定，我最終肯定要去適應(yīng)它。 Walking in the door after my first day of highschool, I announced, 'Mom, I heard the F-bomb more times just today than Ihave in my entire life.' My mom, ever the optimist, reminded me that goingto East High School had been my decision and that I'd surely get used to iteventually.
自從威斯康星州實(shí)施計(jì)劃，學(xué)校必須提呈年度報(bào)告卡，我的高中每年都贏得了“失敗”或“幾乎無望”的評級。如此爛的高中不僅沒有“毀掉”我，我把我成功的成長成如今的我的功勞歸于我的高中; 沒有東高，我不相信我會成功進(jìn)入諾特丹大學(xué)。你可能會問，一所如此差的高中學(xué)如何能將畢業(yè)生送入美國前二十名的大學(xué)？簡單地說，東高改變了我看待生活的方式與態(tài)度。我堅(jiān)定地認(rèn)為，雖然根據(jù)州里的測試我的高中是“失敗的”，我絕不認(rèn)為它是一個(gè)失敗。 Every year since Wisconsin implemented schoolreport cards, my high school has earned a 'failing' or 'meetsfew expectations' rating. Far from failing me, I credit Green Bay EastHigh School with making me into the successful young adult I am; without East,I don't believe I would have gotten into Notre Dame. How can a school like thisproduce successful graduates, you may ask, and how on earth does it get someoneinto a top 20 college? Plain and simple, East changed the way I look at life. Ifirmly believe that although by state testing my school is 'failing,'it is by no means a failure.
On my first day of high school, I entered a world differentfrom the sheltered Catholic elementary school that I'd attended for eightyears, and, I'd argue, a world unbelievably different from the wonderful --although limiting -- bubble where I currently live. At the time, high schoolseemed horribly intimidating: My fellow students in middle school had calledEast 'the ghetto school;' they had written in my yearbook,'Don't get stabbed, Sophia!' Needless to say, I wondered the firstfew weeks why I'd turned down my admission at the local private high school infavor of culture shock and swear words shouted down the hallway. I saw exactlywhat I expected, and chose, to see: disruptive students, unengaged in theireducation.
However hard thosefirst few weeks were, after a while, I realized my mom was right. I did getused to it. In fact, I learned to not just survive, but also thrive, at the'ghetto school.' East gave me a perspective that so many people wholive in these 'bubbles' of selective, private, upper-middle classschools never gain. I had the challenge, and the privilege, of attending aschool where I was in the minority, being Caucasian, and where seventy percentof students' families' incomes qualified them for free or reduced-price schoollunches. (Full price, lunch cost about two dollars a day.) Students overcamesituations that I've never had to face: The kid who drove me crazy in French classwas facing his parents getting deported. Our cross country coach bought one ofour best runner's shoes because his parents simply could not afford them. Myfriend could not participate in a musical because her single mom worked twojobs and there was no one else to watch her younger brother. 東高的多樣性讓我找到我自己，自由地盡我的愿望。我不需要去適應(yīng)去符合一個(gè)別人為我固定的框架。在東高，我生活在一個(gè)真實(shí)的世界里；在這個(gè)世界里，盡管人們并不總是在他們的第一次，第二次，甚至第三次嘗試中把事情做對，但他們?nèi)匀焕^續(xù)地努力嘗試著。所以，我也可以這樣做。在東高的世界里，很多人都沒有我習(xí)以為常的機(jī)會與資源，這讓我看意識到我一直是多么有福，多么幸運(yùn)。在東高這一個(gè)世界里，人們關(guān)于移民或單親家庭的“簡單”問題的課堂討論的出發(fā)點(diǎn)與視角是如此不同，教會了我如何從多個(gè)方向看待問題。這四年我在東高學(xué)到了這一點(diǎn)，還有更多其它的生活的無價(jià)之寶。 East High School'sdiversity has allowed me to define myself in whatever way I wish. There was nomold, no box that I needed to fit into in order to be accepted. At East, Ilived in the real world: a world where people don't always get it right ontheir first, second, or even third attempt, but still keep trying. So, I canhave permission to do the same. East is a world where everyone did not have thesame opportunities as I have been so fortunate to have, allowing me to see howblessed I really am. East is a world where everyone approached a simpleclassroom discussion about immigration or single parents from a whole range ofpoints of view, teaching me to see issues from multiple directions. I learnedthis and so much more from my four years at East High.
I believe that my'failing school' made me into the successful young adult I am todayand will continue to shape my future. Because of my four years in thisenvironment, I firmly believe that school report cards give a woefullyinaccurate view of the value of a school. So much of what a school can teach astudent cannot be quantified by two days of state testing, a graduation rate,and a handful of statistics. 東高滿足了我的些許期望- 我真的非常高興。 East High School didmeet few of my expectations -- and how glad I am that it did. Sophia Kiernan （Sophia is a sophomorestudying sociology at the University of Notre Dame, with aspirations to be adoctor. While not struggling through Organic Chemistry, Sophia enjoys singingeverything from church hymns to show tunes, cheering for the her hometown team,the Green Bay Packers, and watching every single show choir video on YouTube.After attending a high-poverty urban high school by choice, Sophia looksforward to bringing her different perspective to the world of top tier highereducation.） 【版權(quán)聲明】文章屬于作者原創(chuàng)，版權(quán)歸 “磐石心語” 所有。歡迎轉(zhuǎn)載，請注明出處公眾號ID:Rock_wordsfromheart 探討問題請聯(lián)系微信號：1274264498 |
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