Americans today don’t place a very high value on intellect. Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even our schools are where we send our children to get a practical education--not to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools aren’t difficult to find.
"Schools have always been in a society where practical is more important than intellectual," says education writer Diane Ravitch. "Schools could be a counterbalance. "Ravitch’s latest book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces the roots of anti-intellectualism in our schools, concluding they are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits.
But they could and should be. Encouraging kids to reject the life of the mind leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and control. Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and un
A. It is second to intelligence.
B. It evolves from common sense.
C. It is to be pursued.
D. It underlies power.
Americans today don’t place a very high value on intellect. Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even our schools are where we send our children to get a practical education--not to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools aren’t difficult to find. "Schools have always been in a society where practical is more important than intellectual," says education writer Diane Ravitch. "Schools could be a counterbalance. "Ravitch’s latest book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces the roots of anti-intellectualism in our schools, concluding they are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits. But they could and should be. Encouraging kids to reject the life of the mind leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and control. Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ide
A. undervaluing intellect
B. favoring intellectualism
C. supporting school reform
D. suppressing native intelligence
Americans today believe that acceptable social behavior follows effortlessly from personal virtue. The (1) between morals and manners has become blurred. (2) you need is a good heart, most people assume, and the (3) will take care of itself. You don’t have to write thank-you notes.
Many Americans believe that natural behavior is beautiful. The "natural" (4) to human relations presumes that to know any person well enough is to love him, that the (5) human problem is a communication problem. This (6) that people might be separated by basically, generally irreconcilable differences--philosophical, political, or religious--and assumes that all such differences are (7) misunderstandings.
Indeed, it has never been easier to insult people inadvertently. A gentleman opens a door for a lady because his mother taught him that ladies (8) such courtesies, but she (9) and spits in his eye because he
A. instinct
B. distinction
C. intuition
D. similarity
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