A Pulitzer prize-winning journalist spends a year immersed in the high-pressure world of a competitive public high school—where teens chase 4.0 grades point averages, survive on as little as four hours of sleep, and chug lattes like water—and discovers the human story of what it takes to be a top student in America. Humes introduces a cast of passionate students, and touches on topics relevant to parents, teachers, administrators, and politicians, including destruction of equal education in America; standardized testing and cheating by students, parents, schools, and governments; public schools that succeed; and over-testing in our nation's schools.
爱德华·休姆斯(Edward Humes)
新闻记者,曾获得普利策新闻奖。休姆斯的作品包括《新生儿加护病房的春天》(Baby E.R)、畅销书《密西西比泥沼》(Mississippi Mud》、《公平审列》(Mean Justice)以及获得美国会年度非小说类大奖的《无论我多人声音呼喊》(No Matter How Loud I Shout)。休姆斯现居住在南加州。
4小时睡眠,4杯咖啡,4.0的GPA(相当于90-100分)。 无论国内还是国外,高分成绩都不可能轻而易举,不存在所谓的“快乐学习”,“自由轻松”。 无论国内还是国外,好学校一定会伴随房地产、补习班的发展 硬件的缺陷是惠尼中学最小的问题,很多好学校的房子都很糟,真正需要的是...
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