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At the deepest level, teachers fear that all this parental anxiety is not always aimed at the stuff that matters. Parents who instantly call about a grade or score seldom ask about what is being taught or how. When a teacher has spent the whole summer brightening and deepening the history curriculum for her ninth-graders, finding new ways to surprise and engage them, it is frustrating to encounter parents whose only focus is on test scores. 'If these parents were pushing for richer, more meaningful instruction, you could almost forgive them their obnoxiousness and inattention to the interests of all the other children,' says Alfie Kohn, a Boston-based education commentator and author of Unconditional Parenting. But 'we have pushy parents pushing for the wrong thing.' He argues that test scores often measure what matters leastand that even high test scores should invite parents to wonder what was cut from the curriculum to make room for more test prep.
Kohn knows a college counselor hired by parents to help 'package' their child, who had perfect board scores and a wonderful grade-point average. When it was time to work on the college essay, the counselor said, 'Let's start with a book you read outside of school that really made a difference in your life.' There was a moment of silence. Then the child responded, 'Why would I read a book if I didn't have to?' If parents focus only on the transx-criptdrive out of children their natural curiosity, discourage their trying anything at which they might failtheir definition of success will get a failing grade from any teacher watching.

A. 어휘
parental anxiety 부모의 걱정. stuff 교육 내용. call about 問議(문의) 전화하다.
brighten 밝게 하다. ninth-grader 9학년 학생(한국의 중학교 3학년 학생).
engage 참여시키다. frustrate 좌절시키다. encounter 마주치다, 遭遇(조우)하다.
richer, more meaningful instruction 보다 알차고 의미 있는 학습지도.
obnoxiousness 아주 싫음, 역겨움, 불쾌함. inattention 무관심, 부주의.
interest 이익. commentator 시사문제 해설자. parenting 부모노릇하기.
measure 측정하다. test prep 시험준비. cf. prep=preparation.
package 一括(일괄) 지도하다. grade-point average 학업평균치.
make a difference 중요하다. transx-cript 학교의 성적증명서, 복사, 등본.
drive out 추방하다. curiosity 호기심. discourage 못하게 말리다, 낙담시키다.
definition 定議(정의). failing grade 낙제 등급.

B. 구문
- even high test scores should invite . . . for more test prep.
[(학생이 받은)심지어 높은 점수도 부모로 하여금 (학교당국이) 시험준비를 위한 여유를 만들기 위해서 교육과정에서 무엇을 잘라 내었는가를 생각하도록 해야한다]

71-14-344
By the time children turn 18, they have spent only 13% of their waking lives in the classroom. Their habits of mind, motivation and muscles have much more to do with that other 87%. But try telling that to an Ivy-educated mom and dad whose kids aren't doing well. It can't be the genes, Mom and Dad conclude, so it must be the school. 'It's the bright children who aren't motivated who are most frustrating for parents and teachers,' says Nancy McGill, a past president of the Iowa Talented and Gifted Association. 'Parents don't know how to fix the kid, to get the kid going. They want us to do it, and discover we can't either.' Sometimes bright kids intentionally work just hard enough to get a B because they are trying to make a point about what should be demanded of them, observes Jennifer Loh, a math teacher at Ursuline Academy in Dallas. 'It's their way of saying to Mom and Dad, 'I'm not perfect.'' Though the best teachers work hard to inspire even the most alienated kids, they can't carry the full burden of the parents' expectations. In his dreams, admits Daddow, the Iowa history teacher, what he would like to say is 'Your son or daughter is very, very lazy.' Instead, he shows the parents the student's work and says, 'I'm not sure I'm getting Jim's best effort.'

A. 어휘
by the time ...할 때쯤에는. motivation 동기부여, 자극. muscle 근육.
have to do with ...와 관계가 있다.
Ivy-educated 하버드, 예일등 미국동부의 名門(명문) 大學(대학)에서 교육받은.
past president 前 회장. talented 재주 있는.
gifted 천부의 재능이 있는, 머리가 아주 좋은. frustrating 실망시키는, 좌절시키는.
intentionally 의도적으로. make a point 점수(학점)를 따다. inspire 격려하다.
alienate 소외시키다. burden 짐. effort 성과, 노력.

B. 구문
- It's the bright children . . . for parents and teachers.
cf. It is A that(who)→A 강조구문
[부모를 가장 실망시키는 것은 학습의욕이 없는 똑똑한 아이들이다.]
- I'm not sure I'm getting Jim's best effort.
[Jim이 최선의 성과를 내고 있다라고 확신할 수 없습니다.]