单选题
It is commonly believed in the United States that
school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said
that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction
between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.
Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling.
Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or
on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal
learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal
learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the
people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished
scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often
produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to
discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education
from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a
lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one
that should be an integral part of one's entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general
pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country,
children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats,
are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so
on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet
or an understanding of the workings of government, have usually been limited by
the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example, high school students
know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about
political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are
experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized
process of schooling.
单选题
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The best schools teach a wide variety of subjects.
B. Education and schooling are quite different experiences.
C. Students benefit from schools, which require long hours and
homework.
D. The more years students go to schools the better their education
is.