DiggingNEWVISIMP3译文4 My work is not traditional male work. It's not asingular pursuit. There is not a large pile of paper toget through or one deal to transact. I don't have onearea of expertise or knowledge. I don't have thesingular power over language of a lawyer, the physicalforceofa constructionworker,the commandoverfellow workers of a surgeon, the wheeling and dealingtransactions of a businessman. My energy is not spentin pursuing, climbing, achieving, conguering orcornering some goal or obiect
译文 Digging MP3 4 My work is not traditional male work. It’s not a singular pursuit. There is not a large pile of paper to get through or one deal to transact. I don’t have one area of expertise or knowledge. I don’t have the singular power over language of a lawyer, the physical force of a construction worker, the command over fellow workers of a surgeon, the wheeling and dealing transactions of a businessman. My energy is not spent in pursuing, climbing, achieving, conquering or cornering some goal or object
DiggingNEWVISIMP3译文5 My energy is spent in encouraging, supporting,consoling and praising my children. In teaching,the inner rewards come from without. On anygiven day, quite apart from teaching reading andspelling, I bandage a cut, dry a tear, erase a frowntape a torn doll and locate a long-lost boot. Theday is really won through matters of the heart. As mystudents groan, laugh, shudder, cry, exult andwonder, I do too. I have to be soft around the edges
译文 Digging MP3 5 My energy is spent in encouraging, supporting, consoling and praising my children. In teaching, the inner rewards come from without. On any given day, quite apart from teaching reading and spelling, I bandage a cut, dry a tear, erase a frown, tape a torn doll and locate a long-lost boot. The day is really won through matters of the heart. As my students groan, laugh, shudder, cry, exult and wonder, I do too. I have to be soft around the edges
DiggingNEWISIMP3译文6Afewyears ago,whenI wasinterviewingforanelementary-school teaching position, every principal toldme with confidence that, as a male, I had an advantageoverfemaleapplicantsbecauseofthelackofmaleteachers. But in the next breath, they asked with a hintofsuspicion why I chose to work with young children. I toldthem that I wanted to observe and contribute to theintellectual growth of a maturing mind. What I really feltlike saying, but didn't, was that I loved helping a child learnto write his name for the first time, finding someone a newfriend, or sharing in the hilarity of reading about Winniethe Pooh getting so stuck in a hole that only his head andrear show
译文 Digging MP3 6 A few years ago, when I was interviewing for an elementary-school teaching position, every principal told me with confidence that, as a male, I had an advantage over female applicants because of the lack of male teachers. But in the next breath, they asked with a hint of suspicion why I chose to work with young children. I told them that I wanted to observe and contribute to the intellectual growth of a maturing mind. What I really felt like saying, but didn’t, was that I loved helping a child learn to write his name for the first time, finding someone a new friend, or sharing in the hilarity of reading about Winnie the Pooh getting so stuck in a hole that only his head and rear show
DiggingNEWVISIMP3译文7 I gave that answer to those principals, who weremostly male, because I thought they wanted a “male'response. This meant talking about intellectualmatters. If I had taken a different course and talkedabout my interest in helping children in theiremotional development, it would have been seen ascloser to a“female" answer.Ieven altered mylanguage, not once mentioning the word “love" todescribe what I do indeed love about teaching. Myanswer worked; every principal nodded approvingly
译文 Digging MP3 7 I gave that answer to those principals, who were mostly male, because I thought they wanted a “male’’ response. This meant talking about intellectual matters. If I had taken a different course and talked about my interest in helping children in their emotional development, it would have been seen as closer to a “female’’ answer. I even altered my language, not once mentioning the word “love’’ to describe what I do indeed love about teaching. My answer worked; every principal nodded approvingly
DiggingNEWISIMP3译文8 Some of the principals also asked what I saw myselfdoing later in my career. They wanted to know if Ieventually wanted to go into educational administrationBecoming a dean of students or a principal has neverbeen one of my goals, but they seemed to expect me,as a male, to want to climb higher on the careerstepladder. So I mentionedthat, at some point, I would be interested in workingwith teachers as a curriculum coordinator. Again, theynodded approvingly公
译文 Digging MP3 8 Some of the principals also asked what I saw myself doing later in my career. They wanted to know if I eventually wanted to go into educational administration. Becoming a dean of students or a principal has never been one of my goals, but they seemed to expect me, as a male, to want to climb higher on the career stepladder. So I mentioned that, at some point, I would be interested in working with teachers as a curriculum coordinator. Again, they nodded approvingly