新视野大学英语读写教程听力 第三册 te-unit03-a

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[00:-1.00]1  The Hyde School operates on the principle
[00:-2.00]that if you teach students the merit of such values as truth,
[00:-3.00]courage, integrity, leadership, curiosity and concern.
[00:-4.00]then academic achievement naturally follows.
[00:-5.00]Hyde School founder Joseph Gauld claims
[00:-6.00]success with the program at the $18,000-a-year high school in Bath,Maine,
[00:-7.00]which has received considerable publicity for its work with troubled youngsters.
[00:-8.00]2  "We don't see ourselves as a school for a type of kid,"
[00:-9.00]says Malcolm Gauld, Joseph's son,
[00:10.00]who graduated from Hyde and is now headmaster,
[00:11.00]"We see ourselves as preparing kids for a way
[00:12.00]of life - by cultivating a comprehensive set of principles that can affect all kids."
[00:13.00]Now, Joe Gauld is trying to spread his controversial Character First idea to public,
[00:14.00]inner-city schools willing to use the tax dollars
[00:15.00]spent on the traditional program for the new approach.
[00:16.00]The first Hyde public school program opened in September 1992.
[00:17.00]Within months the program was suspended.
[00:18.00]Teachers protested the program's demands
[00:19.00]and the strain associated with more intense work.
[00:20.00]4  This fall, the Hyde Foundation is scheduled to begin
[00:21.00]a preliminary public school program in Baltimore.
[00:22.00]Teachers will be trained to later work throughout the entire Balti-more system.
[00:23.00]Other US school managers are eyeing the program, too.
[00:24.00]Last fall, the Hyde Foundation
[00:25.00]opened a magnet program within a public high school in the suburbs of New Haven.
[00:26.00]Connecticut, over parents' protests.
[00:27.00]The community feared the school would attract inner-city minority
[00:28.00]and trouble students.
[00:29.00]5  As in Maine the quest for truth is also
[00:30.00]wide-spread at the school in Connecticut.
[00:31.00]In one English class,
[00:32.00]the 11 students spend the last five minutes
[00:33.00]in an energetic exchange evaluating
[00:34.00]their class performance for the day on a 1-10 scale.
[00:35.00]6  "I get a 10."
[00:36.00]7  "I challenge that. You didn't either your grammar or your spelling homework."
[00:37.00]8  "OK, a seven."
[00:38.00]9  "You ought to get a six."
[00:39.00]10  "Wait, I put my best effort forth here."
[00:40.00]11  "Yeah, but you didn't ask questions today."
[00:41.00]12  Explaining his approach to education,
[00:42.00]Joe Gauld says the conventional education system cannot be reformed.
[00:43.00]He notes "no amount of change"
[00:44.00]with the horse and carriage "will produce an automobile".
[00:45.00]The Hyde School assumes "every human being has a unique potential"
[00:46.00]that is  based on character,
[00:47.00]not intelligence or wealth.
[00:48.00]Conscience and hard work are valued.
[00:49.00]Success is measured by growth, not academic achievement.
[00:50.00]Students are required to take responsibility for each other.
[00:51.00]To avoid the controversy of other character programs used in US schools,
[00:52.00]Gauld says the concept of doing your best
[00:53.00]has nothing to do with forcing the students
[00:54.00]to accept a particular set of morals or religious values.
[00:55.00]13  The Hyde curriculum is similar to conventional
[00:56.00]schools that provide preparation for college,
[00:57.00]complete with English, history, math and science.
[00:58.00]But all students are required to take performing arts and sports,
[00:59.00]and provide a community service.
[-1:00.00]For each course,
[-1:-1.00]students get a grade for academic achievement and for "best effort".
[-1:-2.00]At Bath, 97% of the graduates attend four-year colleges.
[-1:-3.00]14  Commitment among parents is a key ingredient in the Hyde mixture.
[-1:-4.00]For the student to gain admission,
[-1:-5.00]parents also must agree to accept and demonstrate
[-1:-6.00]the school's philosophies and outlook.