25. Hofstadter says our country's educational system is in the grips of people who "joyfully and proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise."

【分析】多重復合句。句子主干為Hofstadter says...，后跟省略that的賓語從句。賓語從句主干為our country's educational system is in the grips of people，后跟who引導的定語從句修飾people。定語從句的賓語為兩個并列的名詞短語：their hostility to intellect和 their eagerness to identify with children…，第二個賓語中又包含一個who引導的定語從句修飾children。
【譯文】霍夫斯塔特說，我們國家的教育體制掌握在這樣一些人手中，他們“沾沾自喜地、霸氣十足地宣稱自己對才智的憎惡，同時迫不及待地表示出對那些才智上沒有潛力的孩子們的極大的認同。”
【點撥】l)in the grips of“控制在...手中”。 2)identify with“認同；等同于；同情；支持”。3) promise在本句意為“希望，前途”。