他问我孩子平时都干什么。我说，除了钢琴之外，基本是体育，然后是瞎玩。我说，怎么不常见你孩子在外面玩。他们，作业多着呢。末了，我说，还是让孩子多参见参见体育。谁知道他给我讲了一个故事：说是他朋友有一次和学校吵了一架，起因是孩子所在的学校每学年结束的时候都会给表现杰出的孩子颁发awards，可问题是这awards仅仅给予sports方面。他朋友的孩子象所有亚裔孩子一样，学习好，而且获得了Intel International Science and Engineering Fair的大奖，可学校就是不认可。他朋友给校长和教育board的人写信，问学校的主要目的和责任是什么，难道只是培养会打球的？而且在现今市场驱动的社会里，是一个popular football player/cheerleader 还是一个nerd kid将来能够创造更多的就业机会？结果自然是学校让步了：加上了学业方面的奖项。
回复老姐的评论: I definitely can read everyword you put down there. Do not even have to look at the dteail. Now the question is do we have to spell right. Even if we spell it wrong, not just order, we still know what it means. Is this progress or degrading (no beauty)? It seems the net will create a whole new generation of words and change the way we type.
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看了下面这个再说spelling重要不重要。
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