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1、#+ 1 Critics on US Public EducationRight from start, the new documentary, Waiting for Superman, has a point of view - and doesnt hold back. You wake up every morning and you know kids are getting a really crappy education right now, said DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee.“So you think most kids ar
2、e getting a crappy education right now?” I dont think they are. I know they are. It is a harsh and unflattering look at the state of public education in America. It follows five schoolchildren - desperate to go to better schools. But with limited openings, their futures depend on luck. “For these ki
3、ds, the only chance to go to a great school depends on whether their number is picked in a lottery.”It could be the most talked-about documentary since An Inconvenient Truth, perhaps because they share the same director, Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim. Experts will say the movie is pro- this, or anti
4、- this but parents who see the movie will say, I just want a great school for my kid, Guggenheim said. He told Katie Couric he hopes his film will provoke action. Thats what this movie is - a wake-up call, Guggenheim said. Its not working for every kid. Guggenheim features Geoffrey Canada of the Har
5、lem Childrens Zone, whos shown its possible to create great schools even in poor neighborhoods. This week, the Department of Education announced grants to replicate his success in twenty more cities. We can actually fix this, Canada said. But critics of the movie, like Bronx principal Barbara Freema
6、n, say it unfairly targets public schools, their teachers and unions. I thought it was a little slanted, because I think there are a lot of great public schools with great teachers, great administrators and great families, Freeman said. None of the educators we spoke with today thought that the stat
7、us quo was working. They agreed on whats at stake - helping kids to realize their dreams.Michelle Miller, CBS News, New York.2 From Homeless to HarvardEveryone has baggage, but Lalita Booths is heavier than most. CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reports Booth can laugh now, but as a young teen
8、 she nearly destroyed her life.Raised in Ashville, N.C., the rebellious teen says her problems all began when her parents divorced and she was sexually abused by a family acquaintance.That led to substance abuse, staying out all night long, and running away, Booth said.By the time she was 18, shed b
9、een legally emancipated from her parents, married, and had a baby.When my ex joined the Army, I was responsible for taking care of myself with only a GED and no relevant job skills, Booth said.Penniless and living out of a car, she gave up her son Kieren to his fathers parents.I would cry myself to
10、sleep because I missed him so much, Booth said.Thats when she grew up. She enrolled in a community college, then transferred to a four-year university. An honors student, Booths inspiring story captured headlines.By then, she learned to really dream big and another door opened. Booth was accepted to
11、 one of the most elite and the oldest of the Ivy Leagues: Harvard University. The 29-year-old Booth is earning a Masters degree in business and public policy.Its an amazing feeling, Booth said. She financed her education through 20 scholarships totaling more than half a million dollars. Now she spen
12、ds her time on Capitol Hill, where she lobbies her aid for single mothers.Lalita is remarried and has her son back. Shell tell you, whatever baggage she once carried seems a lot lighter now.3 How toDeal with Over-parentingMadeline Levine: You know, parents were never that involved in their childrens
13、 lives. They were busy making a living or doing other things. Now the family has become child-centricand so everything is really devoted to the cultivating and the care and feeding of the children in the family, with the result that, I think, theres a fair amount of over-parenting.I began noticing t
14、hat things really were quite different probably about a decade ago. Ive been a clinical psychologist now for about 28 years and historically, like sort of knowing a child whos depressed, that was a pretty easy diagnosis. Were they tired? Were they not interested in things? Were they giving stuff awa
15、y? Were they teary? And I started having kids who looked very different than that.So in a book called the Price For Privilege that I wrote about six years ago, it opens with a young lady who comes in, looks great for all the world - you know, Hello Dr. Levine. Its a pleasure to meet you. I mean, Ive
16、 been practicing long enough to know its never a pleasure to meet a shrink when youre 16. But after all the niceties, you know, she rolls up her arm - her sleeve, and she shows me shes taken a razorand cut the word “empty” into her arm. And she sort of became iconic for me. She was the kid who looks good and doesnt really have much of a sense of self, feels empty
