評論
打印
I Won't Let Our Boy Go to University
我不會讓兒子上大學
I've refused to allow my stepson Jim to go to university because it will be too expensive and a waste of time.
我不會讓我的繼子上大學，因為上大學是件既浪費金錢又浪費時間的事情。
People think I'm selfish or uncaring. But I think more parents will come to accept my way of thinking.
人們認為我自私，對繼子不夠關心。但是我相信會有更多的父母會接受我思考問題方式。
Britain's university system is failing to serve either society or our children.
英國大學系統對社會或者孩子都無益處。
I can't remember when I began to change my mind on education. Like many middle-class parents, I had assumed that going to university was what children should do.
我忘了從什么時候開始改變自己對教育的看法。和大多數中產階級家長一樣，我曾經認為上大學是孩子應該做的事情。
It's one of the reasons we sent him to an expensive private boarding school with a good academic reputation, rather than a weak but free local one.
這是我送他最貴的有著良好的學術聲譽的寄宿學校上學的原因之一，我并沒有讓他去普通的當地學校。
Education was more important than nice cars, new kitchens, or skiing holidays.
教育比豪車，新廚房，或者滑雪度假都要重要。
Jim is a teenager of whom any parent would be proud. He's charming, considerate and helpful; he's a genius at things like hanging pictures and mending door handles; he's good with children; he's handsome. But he's shown little interest in study.
吉米是任何父母都會感到驕傲的青少年。他可愛，體貼，樂于助人；他擅長掛畫架和修門把手；他和伙伴們相處得很好；他很帥氣。但是他對學習不感興趣。
It's not Jim's intellect that's the problem, but an inbuilt reluctance to do any more work than necessary to get by.
這不是吉米智力的問題，而是他不愿意付出更多努力，只是想通過就行。
We've tried every method to make him work harder: blackmail, bribery, threats. None of it has worked.
為了能讓他更努力學習，我們嘗試了所有的辦法：勒索，賄賂，威脅。這些都不起作用。
For his final exams, Jim got a D and two Es. Even allowing for our low expectations, this came as a shock to his mother and me.
吉米在期末考試中，得了1個D和2個E。盡管我們已經降低期望，但是這樣的成績對我和他的媽媽來說還是一個打擊。
