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1、 1 Critics on US Public EducationRight from start, the new documentary, Waiting for Superman, has a point of view - and doesnt hold back. You wake up every morning and you know kids are getting a really crappy education right now, said DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee.“So you think most kids are
2、getting a crappy education right now? I dont think they are. I know they are. It is a harsh and unflattering look at the state of public education in America. It follows five schoolchildren - desperate to go to better schools. But with limited openings, their futures depend on luck. “For these kids,
3、 the only chance to go to a great school depends on whether their number is picked in a lottery.It could be the most talked-about documentary since An Inconvenient Truth, perhaps because they share the same director, Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim. Experts will say the movie is pro- this, or anti- th
4、is but parents who see the movie will say, I just want a great school for my kid, Guggenheim said. He told Katie Couric he hopes his film will provoke action. Thats what this movie is - a wake-up call, Guggenheim said. Its not working for every kid. Guggenheim features Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem
5、Childrens Zone, whos shown its possible to create great schools even in poor neighborhoods. This week, the Department of Education announced grants to replicate his success in twenty more cities. We can actually fix this, Canada said. But critics of the movie, like Bronx principal Barbara Freeman, s
6、ay it unfairly targets public schools, their teachers and unions. I thought it was a little slanted, because I think there are a lot of great public schools with great teachers, great administrators and great families, Freeman said. None of the educators we spoke with today thought that the status q
7、uo was working. They agreed on whats at stake - helping kids to realize their dreams.Michelle Miller, CBS News, New York.2 From Homeless to HarvardEveryone has baggage, but Lalita Booths is heavier than most. CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reports Booth can laugh now, but as a young teen she
8、 nearly destroyed her life.Raised in Ashville, N.C., the rebellious teen says her problems all began when her parents divorced and she was sexually abused by a family acquaintance.That led to substance abuse, staying out all night long, and running away, Booth said.By the time she was 18, shed been
9、legally emancipated from her parents, married, and had a baby.When my ex joined the Army, I was responsible for taking care of myself with only a GED and no relevant job skills, Booth said.Penniless and living out of a car, she gave up her son Kieren to his fathers parents.I would cry myself to slee
10、p because I missed him so much, Booth said.Thats when she grew up. She enrolled in a community college, then transferred to a four-year university. An honors student, Booths inspiring story captured headlines.By then, she learned to really dream big and another door opened. Booth was accepted to one
11、 of the most elite and the oldest of the Ivy Leagues: Harvard University. The 29-year-old Booth is earning a Masters degree in business and public policy.Its an amazing feeling, Booth said. She financed her education through 20 scholarships totaling more than half a million dollars. Now she spends h
12、er time on Capitol Hill, where she lobbies her aid for single mothers.Lalita is remarried and has her son back. Shell tell you, whatever baggage she once carried seems a lot lighter now.3 How toDeal with Over-parentingMadeline Levine: You know, parents were never that involved in their childrens liv
13、es. They were busy making a living or doing other things. Now the family has become child-centricand so everything is really devoted to the cultivating and the care and feeding of the children in the family, with the result that, I think, theres a fair amount of over-parenting.I began noticing that
14、things really were quite different probably about a decade ago. Ive been a clinical psychologist now for about 28 years and historically, like sort of knowing a child whos depressed, that was a pretty easy diagnosis. Were they tired? Were they not interested in things? Were they giving stuff away? W
15、ere they teary? And I started having kids who looked very different than that.So in a book called the Price For Privilege that I wrote about six years ago, it opens with a young lady who comes in, looks great for all the world - you know, Hello Dr. Levine. Its a pleasure to meet you. I mean, Ive bee
16、n practicing long enough to know its never a pleasure to meet a shrink when youre 16. But after all the niceties, you know, she rolls up her arm - her sleeve, and she shows me shes taken a razorand cut the word “empty into her arm. And she sort of became iconic for me. She was the kid who looks good
17、 and doesnt really have much of a sense of self, feels empty.And so I got interested. I started talking to other mental health professionals. They were kind of seeing the same thing with this upswing in parenting that was extremely involved andintensive. And its like, well, how come these kids are d
18、oing poorly because, historically, parental involvements a protective factor. We want parents to be involved. But we dont want them to be over involved because when theyre over involved, like this girl, stuff isnt being developed internally. Its coming from the outside. “Youre doing so well, youre s
19、o smart, youre a genius. You know, this kind of stuff. And it doesnt allow a space in which kids can startcrafting a sense of who they are internally. And thats the protection against feelings of emptiness.What I define over-parenting as is when you do what your child can already do. So if your chil
20、d already knows how to write, dont hover over their work because all you do is get in the way of them feelingcompetentand confident, which leads to self-esteem.The second part of over-parenting is doing what your children can almost do. Like, dont do that. Let them have the opportunity to try in the
21、 same way that we allow atoddler to take a few steps and fall down, and take a few steps and fall down. And we dont yell at that*and we dont say, “Youre going to be flipping burgers for the rest of your life or folding shirts at Forever 21. We sort of get that the toddler has to fall and fall in ord
22、er to master the art of walking. And its the same thing all throughout development but were very quick; we feel the stakes are higher when kids are older. We argue about the B+ with the teacher; maybe it shouldve been an A-. Its a bad idea. So dont do what your child can almost do because thats the
23、arena in which they actually grow.The most toxic part of over-parenting, I think, is when we confuse our own needs with our childrens needs. And thats the “were going to Harvard. I had a dad and the kid in my office, and theyre sitting together. The kids a really bright kid; hes going to go to some,
24、 you know, prestigiouscollege and the fathers sitting very, very quietly until the kid gets to “Id like to go to Harvard, at which point the dad jumps up and says, “Theres a school I would give my left testicle to get my son in to. And aside from the fact that its bad form, actually, its the wrong t
25、hing to do because its not about the kid. And so the kids got a million things hes got to worry about; his grades and his girlfriend and his body and where hes going to school and what he wants to be and what his values - and he doesnt have to worry about dads gonads. I mean, thats just taking him o
26、ff track. And I think thats the most toxic part of over-parenting.But those are the three things: doing what your kid can do, can almost do, and not being able to tell the difference between your needs and your childs.4 The Case against Over-parentingWere looking at over-parenting. Of course, we wan
27、t our kids to be well-rounded, but theres a growing backlash against over-scheduling them. In fact, Time addresses the controversy in an article by Nancy Gibbs, who is Times editor at large, here with contributing psychologist Dr. Gail Saltz. Good to see both of you. Good morning. Good to be here. N
28、ancy, in this article, you said this has beenbuilding. But with the economic downturn, its come to a head. How so? Well, you know, parenting is always a pendulum. So maybe we were due after 20 years of excess to have a great big swoop? I think already teachers have been warning parents this is harmf
29、ul for kids. Researchers were saying things we thought were good for kids - like maybe the Baby Einstein tapes werent. But then the recession hits and were all downshifting and downsizing and a third of parents said they were dropping extracurricular activities for kids, and the twist is a lot of th
30、em liked it, like it felt like simplifying their family liferestored some balance to it, and maybe that was something that was overdue. Theres more lessons, in the case of less is more, Gail? I definitely think so for two reasons. One, kids need play, free,creativetime to be thinkers, to learn how t
31、o solve problems for themselves. And if youve constantly scheduled them up. Thats not really possible. The other thing is that I think parents are starting to realize that when you look out, how do you build the most important thing in a child, which is resilience? Right. If you dont ever let them f
32、all down, if they never get to make a mistake, if they never experiencea bump in the road, how are they expected to build coping skills or resilience? Or they dont get to take responsibility for it. Exactly. And even if youre doing so much for them, they cant show that creativity or that resourceful
33、ness. Problem-solving, exactly. So, how do you let go, though? I mean, as parents, I mean, I think our parents were very good at letting go. The old, you know, go outside; I want to see you until the street lights come on. I think one thing for parents to know is letting go of your kids is not the s
34、ame thing as letting them down. That sometimes the best thing you can do for them is leave them alone. This is so against the message, I think, that our generation of parents has received. Weve been taught that parenting is sort of a form of product development and that we have to shape and mold our
35、 children in order to competein this global economy. The idea that actually, the best thing we can do for them sometimes is just to back off takes a certain kind of parentaldiscipline, because we always want to be in there smoothing the way, protecting them from disappointment and failure. And I thi
36、nk this is why this conversation is so important, is to realize that theres a price that they pay for our over-protectiveness. Gail, when do we realize as a parent, what are the warning signs that were too overprotective? I think if you look around and see that, first of all, your child has constant
37、ly got some planned something going on, so theyre not having that free time. If you look around and say, actually, my child has never made a mistake, has never really failed, nothing really major, you know, or even moderately happened. And i think that if your child seems anxious whenever youre not
38、around organizing whatevers going on, and if you say, why dont you go ahead and take care of x, and your child seems really uncomfortable and anxious about that, it means they havent had any practice and that you really need to let them have that. I remember my daughter finally saying, Daddy, I dont
39、 have any relaxing time. and I thought, you know what, maybe I should be listening to my kid. Right, absolutely. I remember actually making the mistake when I was younger that my parents didnt bail me out, and I remember coming back to them later and saying thank you for letting me make my own mista
40、ke. Wow. Because it was really - I realized it was pivotal. It is - when you become an independent person you have to be able to look back and say, well, I got through that. and if you dont have any of those, then how are you supposed to do that, when the bigger, real things- and they will come alon
41、g, because life cant be controlled. Nancy Gibbs, Dr. Gail Saltz, thank you so much. interesting things. Weve got to think about this. coming up next, Chelsea Clinton5 animal cruelty on cowsNow something to think about the next time we all open the fridge and see the milk we all love or one of those
42、ads about the happy cows. Brian Ross is back with us again. He hashiddencamera footage. I warn some of it was graphic of what may be behind we all see.The marketing campaign for milk has beenmasterful. Celebrities with white moustaches.Hi.Hi. How are you doing.I love it here.An animated cow talking
43、about beautiful surroundingsthat make them so happy.Happy cows come from California.But the reality is no where near whats happy.According to animal rights groups, which has gone undercoverto record what they say they found across the country, unhealthy cows in filthy conditions, often subject to in
44、humane abuse.These animals are really treated as milk producing machines.The Dairy Association says no good farmer cantolerate mistreatment of animals.The humanetreatment of cows, keeping cows as comfortable as possible, definitely has an impacton milk quality.At the heart of the problem, according
45、to animal rights groups, are the huge operations they call factory farms such as this one in upstate New York.For maximum efficiencysome 5000 cows here are never allowed outside but spend every day of their life inside giant, manure-filled barns, kept perpetually pregnant so they keep producing milk
46、.Big farm operators say such large-scale operations are necessary so they can afford latest machines and the staff to get the most out of the cows with the highest quality and the lowest price.They call you a factory farm. Not really care about animals.I think they can be farther from the truth. Wel
47、l, our animals are criticallyimportant to our well-being. So we work hard to treat them well. Whats most shocking in the news in the common industry practice, whats called tail docking. The end of cows tail cut off, so it wont interfere with milking machines, done here without painkillers, which we
48、wont show in its entirety.Cows look like in pain when the tail is cut off.But (cows) may appear that way. But it is not.I guess I cant speak for the cow. And even the industry says it is theoutrageouspractice without painkillers. Californians ban the practice last year. A similar bill introduced this month in the New York legislature. Just the question got milk is now becoming, Diane, how did you get that milk.6Sex-altered fishThe fish ar