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ISSUE214,修改版,并附上和GG讨论的内容
ISSUE 214
Society should identify those children who have special talents and abilities and begin training them at an early age so that they can eventually excel in their areas of ability. Otherwise, these talents are likely to remain undeveloped.
With the increasing emphasis on education, a growing concern about how to train gifted children has been brought into focus. In my view, the children with special talents and abilities should be trained at an early age, just as the speaker maintains, so that they can be superior to others in their areas of abilities in the future and therefore eventually lead a successful career. Otherwise the talents are very likely to be dormant forever.
Firstly, early education has a significant impact on the development of children’s abilities, especially those who possess special gifts, for the innate talents may become invalid after the specified date unless being exploited. According to a recent survey by several educationalists and socialists in Greenwich University in Britain, the ability of a child’s imitation is best be exploited below the age of three, for it is harder to develop the imitation ability when the child is growing older. The research also indicates that over 70 percent of those who excel at imitating usually received more or less the training for imitating when they are under the age of three. It is through early education that the innate and maybe hided gifts of a child can be activated and the foundation for the future success can be set up.
What's more, if cultivated properly at an early time, the talent children tend to have a feeling of superiority over the average in memorizing, comprehension, organization, and leadership, etc., which may spark their interests in learning, and directly lead to their later excellence. Here is a story about one of my friend, who has mastered three different foreign languages at the age of 23. The key to his excellence is the early cultivation to spark his interest in language by his father. When his father realized that he had a gift in language, he made every effort to develop his interest by simply teaching him some words and pronunciations in foreign language. With the help of his father, he gradually became confident in his ability of language, so that he was willing to learn it. Albert Einstein once said (and I paraphrase) that interest is the best teacher. My friend's success is a wonderful case to support Einstein's words. But just imagine that without his early training (although very simple), how could he take an interest?
As far as children are concerned, overemphasis on the training to the gifted children, however, may not only obscure the significance of all-around development, but also result in overload to the kids. Since talent children attract more concern, they have to face greater pressure. Nevertheless, they are merely at an age that is either physically or mentally mature, so that too much burden may lead to various problems, such as suicide for the sake of failure in competition, psychological distortion, and indifference to others. The talent children’s families and teachers usually tend to more eagerly hope their kids to have a brighter future. The hope and wishes are always considered as motivation, however, sometimes it is pressure, or even obstacle for the children. If not tackled well, those problems may not only hamper the further progress, but also destroy the children's innate talents. Measures should be taken to find the balance between the early education and all-around development, including the establishment of a right worldview, good living habits, and active attitude towards life. Fortunately, the above-mentioned two are not mutually exclusive, so it is totally possible to reconcile them. The perfect combination can doubtlessly benefit children in the long run.
To sum up, special talents and abilities are the precious wealth of a child. Once nurtured early and utilized properly, they will surely contribute to their further progress. On the contrary, if the talents and abilities remain unnoticed or abused, it will bring about a huge waste or destruction to the children's gifts. In a word, early education may not guarantee the success, but the pay-off will be worth the efforts.
本想发到上次这篇的后面的,可是不知道为什么却找不着上次那篇了,只好再帖一次了.这篇文章由于比较经典,和很多人讨论过.下面是GG在看了我的文章后给我的一些建议,帖出来大家一起讨论讨论.
下面都是GG在看了我这篇文章的原稿后发给我的话:
"我觉得这个题目重点,一 identify(怎么判断一个小孩 她到底有没有天赋,你没提到) 二 早期教育和日后成才的关系 三 是不是不早期教育 天赋就被浪费了(因为这个题中用的是likely 所以我觉得没什么太多好讲的)
这几天我看了写ets的6分文章 和 评语 我觉得最主要的就是要讲出一个问题的complexity,讲出了这个 解体上就没问题了
就这个题目 我想 第一个问题是 社会有没有能力判断出谁有天赋,谁没有天赋, 是不是有很多有天赋的小孩没有被社会identify出来,社会判断的准则是什么?我觉得社会没有一个成功的标准,能判断出所有的天才,有相当一部分找不出.
第二个 是不是早期教育可以促进天才的成长,而且就一定能有所成功,我觉得这里要注意的是 根据这个题目的上下文 这里的早期教育似乎是指在小孩有天赋的方面 进行的专门训练,我觉得这个是不可取的,会妨碍全面发展, 而且有可能他对别的感兴趣, 那就打击了学习兴趣吧 所以教育应该全面(这里 你应该知道兴趣和天赋 是两码事了吧),而且方法不当还会导致你说的那些弊病.
第三个 要承认的是早期教育 确实有推动作用……
我觉得这样子 就将出了这个问题的复杂性
最后的一个结论:社会应该对每个孩子进行全面的适当的早期教育,而那些能看出天赋的给一些少量的专业训练,但是不要妨碍兴趣."
我觉得他说的第一个方面,很对,社会如何来判断一个小孩是否有special talents很重要.其实像好多天才,小的时候看上去并不像天才反面有些举止怪异,如果能够极早发现他们的天赋,加于正确的培养,是一定对他今后的发展有好处的.爱因斯坦就是个很好的论据.可是我不知道如何把这个分论点加到我的文章中去.我的第一和第二的BODY联系的比较紧,自认为不好分开.但如果把这一点放到最后,却又觉得分量有些轻.但放到开关,似乎更为不妥.在这里想听听大家是怎么看的? |
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