【正确答案】1. It''s hard to say. Personally, I believe children 20 years ago were less stressful. The competition in school at that time was not so fierce as that in nowadays. Before-time, a family usually has more than one child and the job opportunities were comparatively plentiful, therefore, the parents didn''t worry much about if their children could enter the university. Nowadays, for the policy of birth control, most families have only one child. Getting a higher education often means the promising future. So the pressures are coming from different aspects: parents, teachers, schoolmates, and the society. To some extent, children live much painfully than before, although they have more materials enjoyments. 2. I think the traditional education method, called the cramming teaching, is not very good for Chinese children, though it is very popular in most elementary schools. I don''t think the examination is only a way of reinforcing the knowledge. It should not become the center of the education. The most notable problem is that many children get high score but poor performance. Obviously, the score of test cannot stand for the real ability of a child. Also, the children''s initiative cannot be exerted completely. 3. In the first place, give children more chances to study in their own way. In the second place, don''t sort the children, according to their scores in the class. In the third place, give more attention and encouragement to children''s creation and imagination.