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Perhaps the most complicated part of the conversationbeyond all the issues of race and class and culture, the growing pressures to succeed and arguments over how success should be definedis the problem of memory. When they meet in that conference, parent and teacher bring their own school experiences with themwhat went right and wrong, what they missed. They are determined for it to be different for the child they both care about. They go into that first-grade room and sit in the small chairs and can easily be small again themselves. It is so tempting to use the child's prospects to address their own regrets. So teachers learn to choose their words with care and hope that they can build a partnership with parents that works to everyone's advantage and comes at no one's expense. And parents over time may realize that when it comes to their children, they still have much to learn. 'I think that we love our children so much that they make us a little loony at times,' says Arch Montgomery, head of the Asheville School in North Carolina. He winces at parents who treat their child as a cocktail-party trophy or a vanity sticker for the window of their SUV, but he also understands their behavior. 'I think most parents desperately want to do what is right for their kids. This does not bring out the better angels of our natures, but it is understandable, and it is forgivable.' With reporting by Amanda Bower/New York, Melissa August/Washington, Anne Berryman/Athens, Cathy Booth Thomas/ Dallas, Rita Healy/Denver, Elizabeth Kauffman/ Nashville, Jeanne McDowell/Los Angeles and Betsy Rubiner/Des Moines

A. 어휘
complicated 복잡한. argument 논쟁. define 정의하다. conference 회의.
care about 마음을 쓰다. tempting 유혹적인. prospect 眺望(조망), 관점.
address 청원하다, 연설하다, 말하다. regret 悔恨(회한), 후회, 有感(유감).
work 작용하다, 효용이 있다. at no one's expense 아무도 희생시키지 않고.
over time 시간이 경과하면. loony 어리석은, 미친 듯한.
wince 주춤하다, 움츠리다. vanity 허영. vanity sticker 장식스티커.
desperately 필사적으로, 심하게.

B. 구문
- the growing pressures . . . how success should be defined.
[성공에 대한 漸增(점증)하는 압력(성공하라는 압박)과 성공을 어떻게 정의할 것이냐에 대한 논쟁]
- It is so tempting . . . to address their own regrets.
[자신의 恨(한)을 나타내기 위해 아이의 입장을 이용하려는 것은 대단히 유혹적이다.]
- This does not bring . . . angels of our natures.
[이렇게 하는 것은 우리의 본성에 내재하는 천사 같은 좋은 점을 이끌어 내지 못한다.]