異類之不一樣的成功啟示錄 第183期:失敗者變?yōu)槌晒φ?/h1>

所屬教程:異類:不一樣的成功啟示錄

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2019年03月17日

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The extra time gave Corcoran the chance to make mathematics meaningful: to let his students see the clear relationship between effort and reward.

增加的那些時(shí)間不但讓科科倫的學(xué)生覺得數(shù)學(xué)有意義，也讓他們清楚地看到努力和回報(bào)之間的關(guān)系。

On the walls of the classroom were dozens of certificates from the New York State Regents exam, testifying to first-class honors for Corcoran's students.

教室的墻上掛著幾十個(gè)考試證書，是由紐約州考試委員會(huì)頒發(fā)的。這些都是科科倫的學(xué)生所獲得的榮譽(yù)。

"We had a girl in this class," Corcoran said. "she was a horrible math student in fifth grade. She cried every Saturday when we did remedial stuff. Huge tears and tears."

“我們班里有一個(gè)女孩，”科科倫說。“她在念5年級(jí)時(shí)非?？謶?jǐn)?shù)學(xué)。每個(gè)星期六當(dāng)我們補(bǔ)課的時(shí)候，她都會(huì)大哭，眼淚流個(gè)不停。

At the memory, Corcoran got a little emotional himself. He looked down. "She just emailed us a couple weeks ago. She's in college now. She's in the accounting major."

在回憶的時(shí)候，科科倫有點(diǎn)兒情不自禁。他繼續(xù)說道：“幾個(gè)星期前她還給我發(fā)了電子郵件，她現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)上了大學(xué)，主修會(huì)計(jì)。”

The story of the miracle school that transforms losers into winners is, of course, all too familiar.

在這所神奇的學(xué)校中有很多失敗者變?yōu)槌晒φ叩氖吕．?dāng)然，這種故事司空見慣。

It's the stuff of inspirational books and sentimental Hollywood movies. But the reality of places like KIPP is a good deal less glamorous than that.

就像發(fā)生在鼓舞人心的書籍和感傷的好萊塢電影里一樣。回到現(xiàn)實(shí)，在KIPP這種學(xué)校的學(xué)習(xí)生活實(shí)在非?？菰?。

To get a sense of what 50 to 60 percent more learning time means, listen to the typical day in the life of a KIPP student.

想像一下每天要花大量的時(shí)間學(xué)習(xí)，要比其他孩子多用50%到60%以上的時(shí)間學(xué)習(xí)時(shí)候的感覺吧，聽一聽KIPP學(xué)生的典型的一天吧。

The student's name is Marita. She is an only child in a single-parent home. Her mother never went to college. The two of them share one-bedroom apartment in the Bronx.

這名學(xué)生的名字是瑪麗塔，她生活在單親家庭，家里只有她一個(gè)孩子。她的母親沒有上大學(xué)，母女二人住在布朗克斯的一個(gè)公寓里，兩人擠一個(gè)臥室。

Marita used to go to a parochial school down the street from her home until her mother heard of KIPP.

瑪麗塔原來是去從家里去街道的教會(huì)學(xué)校，直到她的母親聽說KIPP。

"When I was in forth grade, me and one of my other friends, Tanya, we both applied to KIPP," Marita said.

“在上四年級(jí)的時(shí)候，我和朋友坦尼婭都申請(qǐng)了KIPP學(xué)校，”瑪麗塔說。

"I remember Miss Owens. She interviewed me and the way she was saying made it sound so hard I though I was going to prison. I almost started crying.

“我記得是歐文斯小姐給我做的面試，她告訴我KIPP的學(xué)習(xí)生活情況，但聽起來就好像我要進(jìn)監(jiān)獄一樣。我?guī)缀蹩煲蕹鰜砹耍?/p>

And she was like, if you don't want to sign this, you don't have to. But Mom was right there, so I signed it." With that, her life changed.

但她的樣子好像早就見怪不怪，好像在說你愛簽不簽。這時(shí)剛好我媽媽來了，于是我只好簽字。”就這樣，她的生活就此改變了。

Keep in mind, while listening to what follows, that Marita is twelve years old.

（閱讀下文時(shí)，請(qǐng)記住瑪麗塔當(dāng)時(shí)是12歲。）