推荐值得背诵的考研阅读真题十九
<p> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="today">today</span> <span word="dont">dont</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="value">value</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="intellect">intellect</span>. <span word="Our">Our</span> <span word="heroes">heroes</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="athletes">athletes</span>, <span word="entertainers">entertainers</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="entrepreneurs">entrepreneurs</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="scholars">scholars</span>. <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="schools">schools</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="practical">practical</span> <span word="education">education</span> -- <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pursue">pursue</span> <span word="knowledge">knowledge</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sake">sake</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="knowledge">knowledge</span>. <span word="Symptoms">Symptoms</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pervasive">pervasive</span> <span word="anti">anti</span>-<span word="intellectualism">intellectualism</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="schools">schools</span> <span word="arent">arent</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span>.</p><p> <span word="Schools">Schools</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="society">society</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="practical">practical</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="intellectual">intellectual</span>, <span word="says">says</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="writer">writer</span> <span word="Diane">Diane</span> <span word="Ravitch">Ravitch</span>. <span word="Schools">Schools</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="counterbalance">counterbalance</span>. <span word="Ravitchs">Ravitchs</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="book">book</span>, <span word="Left">Left</span> <span word="Back">Back</span>: <span word="A">A</span> <span word="Century">Century</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Failed">Failed</span> <span word="School">School</span> <span word="Reforms">Reforms</span>, <span word="traces">traces</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="roots">roots</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="anti">anti</span>-<span word="intellectualism">intellectualism</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="schools">schools</span>, <span word="concluding">concluding</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="counterbalance">counterbalance</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="distaste">distaste</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="intellectual">intellectual</span> <span word="pursuits">pursuits</span>.</p><p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span>. <span word="Encouraging">Encouraging</span> <span word="kids">kids</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reject">reject</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mind">mind</span> <span word="leaves">leaves</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="vulnerable">vulnerable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="exploitation">exploitation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="control">control</span>. <span word="Without">Without</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="critically">critically</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="defend">defend</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="ideas">ideas</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ideas">ideas</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="others">others</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="fully">fully</span> <span word="participate">participate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="democracy">democracy</span>. <span word="Continuing">Continuing</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="path">path</span>, <span word="says">says</span> <span word="writer">writer</span> <span word="Earl">Earl</span> <span word="Shorris">Shorris</span>, <span word="We">We</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="second">second</span>-<span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="country">country</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="society">society</span>.</p><p> <span word="Intellect">Intellect</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="resented">resented</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="privilege">privilege</span>, <span word="writes">writes</span> <span word="historian">historian</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="Richard">Richard</span> <span word="Hofstadter">Hofstadter</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Anti">Anti</span>-<span word="Intellectualism">Intellectualism</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="Life">Life</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Pulitzer">Pulitzer</span>-<span word="Prize">Prize</span> <span word="winning">winning</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="roots">roots</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="anti">anti</span>-<span word="intellectualism">intellectualism</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="politics">politics</span>, <span word="religion">religion</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="education">education</span>. <span word="From">From</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="history">history</span>, <span word="says">says</span> <span word="Hofstadter">Hofstadter</span>, <span word="our">our</span> <span word="democratic">democratic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="populist">populist</span> <span word="urges">urges</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="driven">driven</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reject">reject</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="smells">smells</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="elitism">elitism</span>. <span word="Practicality">Practicality</span>, <span word="common">common</span> <span word="sense">sense</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="native">native</span> <span word="intelligence">intelligence</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="noble">noble</span> <span word="qualities">qualities</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="learn">learn</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="book">book</span>.</p>
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