教育界: 虎妈和伊顿公学的启示
<p><span word="Ten">Ten</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="husband">husband</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="reunion">reunion</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Eton">Eton</span> <span word="College">College</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="leavers">leavers</span> <span word="of">of</span> 1974. <span word="About">About</span> 150 <span word="men">men</span> <span word="crowded">crowded</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> 15<span word="th">th</span>-<span word="century">century</span> <span word="chapel">chapel</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="belt">belt</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="quick">quick</span> “<span word="Praise">Praise</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="Soul">Soul</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="King">King</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Heaven">Heaven</span>” <span word="before">before</span> <span word="settling">settling</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="eat">eat</span>, <span word="drink">drink</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="reminisce">reminisce</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="schoolboy">schoolboy</span> <span word="pranks">pranks</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="quietly">quietly</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="done">done</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 40 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="then">then</span>.</p><p>十天前，我丈夫去参加伊顿公学(<span word="Eton">Eton</span> <span word="College">College</span>)1974届毕业生的重聚会活动。约150人挤进那座15世纪的教堂，快速地大声唱过《我心应当来称颂主》(<span word="Praise">Praise</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="Soul">Soul</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="King">King</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Heaven">Heaven</span>)之后，坐下来享用可口的饮食，缅怀孩提时代的恶作剧，同时默默合计一下毕业后40年里谁混得最好。</p><p><span word="Afterwards">Afterwards</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="observations">observations</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="looked">looked</span>. <span word="These">These</span> <span word="men">men</span>, <span word="blessed">blessed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="breeding">breeding</span>, <span word="education">education</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="money">money</span>, <span word="still">still</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="at">at</span> 57 <span word="and">and</span> 58 <span word="easily">easily</span> <span word="recognisable">recognisable</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="teenage">teenage</span> <span word="selves">selves</span>.</p><p>结果他发现了两个现象。第一个现象是他们看上去都如此神采奕奕。由于教养、教育及金钱的缘故，这些57到58岁的人仍然很容易认出少年时代的样子。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="relatively">relatively</span> <span word="undistinguished">undistinguished</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="careers">careers</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span>. <span word="Apart">Apart</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="politician">politician</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="newspaper">newspaper</span> <span word="editor">editor</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="middling">middling</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="lawyers">lawyers</span>, <span word="property">property</span> <span word="investors">investors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fund">fund</span> <span word="managers">managers</span>, <span word="rich">rich</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="standards">standards</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="disappointing">disappointing</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="consider">consider</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="life">life</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="at">at</span> 13, <span word="clever">clever</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="wealthy">wealthy</span> <span word="families">families</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="wearing">wearing</span> <span word="tailcoats">tailcoats</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="becoming">becoming</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="elite">elite</span> <span word="networks">networks</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="prime">prime</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="amounted">amounted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="all">all</span>.</p>
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