DiggingNEWVISIMP3译文5 This dearth should not surpriseus.Hardly anyone has been encouraged, muchless trained, to think for themselves, andtheir teachers and parents and bossesweren't either. And neither were theirs. (Wemay have learned to revere thinkers likeSocrates, but we also learned that thestate poisoned him for thinking for himself:not unmitigated encouragement.)2
5 This dearth should not surprise us. Hardly anyone has been encouraged, much less trained, to think for themselves, and their teachers and parents and bosses weren’t either. And neither were theirs. (We may have learned to revere thinkers like Socrates, but we also learned that the state poisoned him for thinking for himself: not unmitigated encouragement.) MP3 译文 Digging
DiggingNEWVISIMP3译文6 Occasionally, however, we do have ateacher or mentor who truly wants us todevelop our own thinking. They give usglimpses. When I was 13 years old, I wasput into an advanced algebra course. On thefirst day the teacher, who was maligned bystudents as a hard teacher because she triedto get them to think, stood in front of theblackboard and said, "On the paper in frontof you write the sum of a number
6 Occasionally, however, we do have a teacher or mentor who truly wants us to develop our own thinking. They give us glimpses. When I was 13 years old, I was put into an advanced algebra course. On the first day the teacher, who was maligned by students as a hard teacher because she tried to get them to think, stood in front of the blackboard and said, “On the paper in front of you write the sum of a number.” MP3 译文 Digging
DiggingNEWSIMP3译文7The entire class of 35 pubescent peopleiust stared at her. She repeated the direction,"Write the sum of a number"M
7 The entire class of 35 pubescent people just stared at her. She repeated the direction, “Write the sum of a number.” MP3 译文 Digging
DiggingNEWVISIMP3译文8 I remember my hand gathering sweataround the pencil. A few heads looked downand their pencils started up. I wonderedwhat in the world they were writing. I sawthe girl acrossthe aisle from me leanforward and peer over the shoulder of theboy in front of her who was scribblingsomething. Then she scratched a figure andimmediately covered it with her hand.H
MP3 译文 Digging 8 I remember my hand gathering sweat around the pencil. A few heads looked down and their pencils started up. I wondered what in the world they were writing. I saw the girl across the aisle from me lean forward and peer over the shoulder of the boy in front of her who was scribbling something. Then she scratched a figure and immediately covered it with her hand
DiggingNEWISIMP3译文9The teacher paced and rubbed the chalkbetween her fingers. I wondered what she wasabout to put on the board. I was now the onlyone not writing. I leaned back and over my leftshoulder whispered to my friend, "What is it?"H
9 The teacher paced and rubbed the chalk between her fingers. I wondered what she was about to put on the board. I was now the only one not writing. I leaned back and over my left shoulder whispered to my friend, “What is it?” MP3 译文 Digging