【英语翻译课文LettertoaBstudentThestudentasperformer,thestudentashumanbeing.Thedistinctionisoneweshouldalwayskeepinmind.IfireslearnedityearsagowhenIgooutoftheserviceandwentbacktocollege.Therewerelotof】
英语翻译课文LettertoaBstudentThestudentasperformer,thestudentashumanbeing.Thedistinctionisoneweshouldalwayskeepinmind.IfireslearnedityearsagowhenIgooutoftheserviceandwentbacktocollege.Therewerelotofusthen:olderthanthenorm,inahurrytogetourdegreesandmoveon,impatientwithtestsandritualsofacademiclife.Notangrouptohandle.
Oneinstructorhandledusverywisely,Itseemstome.OnSundayeveningsinparticular,hewouldmakeapointofstoppinginatalocalbarfrequentedbymanyoftheGI-Billstudent.Therehewouldthinkanddrink,joke,andswapstorieswithmaninhisclass.Menwhohadbutrecentlyputawaytheiruniformsandidentities:formerplatoonsergeants,bomberpilotscorporals,captains,lieutenants,commander,majors-evenalieutenantcolonel,asIrecall.Theyenjoyedhiscompanygreatly,ashetheirs.Thenextmorninghewouldwalkintoclassandgivethesesamemenatest.Ahardtest.Ahardtestonwhichheusuallyflunkedabouthalfonthem.
Oddlyenough,themanwhomheflunkeddidnotresentit.Nordidthenresenthimforshiftingsuddenlyfromafriendlygeartoacoerciveone.Rather,theylovedhim,workharderandharderathiscourseasthesemestermovedalong,andendedupwithagoodgraspofhissubject-economics.Thetechniqueisstillratherdifficultformetoexplain;butIbelieveitcanbedescribetobeoneinwhichacleardistinctionwasmadebetweenthestudentsasclassroomperformerandthestudentsashumanbeing.AgooddistinctionthatshouldputyourBinperspective-andyourdisappointment.
Perspective.Itisimportanttorecognizethathumanbeings,despitedifferencesinclassandeducationallabeling,arefundamentallyhewnfromsamematerialandknittogetherbycommonbondsoffearandjoy,sufferingandachievement.Warfare,sickness,disasterspublicandprivate-thesearethelargercoordinatesoflife.Torecognizethemistorecognizethatsociallabelsarebasicallyirrelevantandmisleading.Itistruethattheselabelsarenecessaryinthefunctioningofacomplexsocietyasawayoflettingusknowwhoshouldbetrustedtodowhat,withtheresultthatweneedtomakedistinctionsshouldneverbetakenseriouslyinhumanterms,eitherinthewaywelookatothersorinthewaywelookatourselves.
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