教育界: 虎妈和伊顿公学的启示_BEC初级作文

教育界: 虎妈和伊顿公学的启示

Last week I stumbled on an answer to the Eton College 1974 leavers’ conundrum. It is contained in the combustible new book, The Triple Package, by “tiger mother” Amy Chua and her husband Jed Rubenfeld, which sets out to explain why Jews, Mormons and the Chinese do much better than other groups in the US. They argue that it is down to three things: a superiority complex, insecurity and impulse control. None of these is any good on its own, it is essential to have all three. Too much superiority, you have no incentive to lift a finger. Too much insecurity, and your doubts are paralysing. And without impulse control, or self-discipline, it is hard to crack on with anything.

就在上周，我无意间发现了伊顿公学1974届校友之谜的答案。答案就在一本引发争议的新书里。这本书名为《成功三法宝》(The Triple Package)，由“虎妈”蔡美儿(Amy Chua)和她丈夫杰德•鲁宾费尔德(Jed Rubenfeld)合作而成。该书旨在解释为什么在美国犹太裔、摩门教徒和华裔表现比其他族群好得多。他们声称，原因有三点：优越情结、不安全感和自控力。单独而言，以上三个要素起不到任何作用，必须同时具备这三者才能起作用。太过优越，你就没有动力做出任何努力了；不安全感太强，多疑会削弱你的行动能力；缺乏自控力或自律，你就难以应对任何问题。

If you apply this triple package to Etonians, you see at once what holds them back. They have superiority in spades. But they are low on insecurity, and have little impulse control as the culture relies on any achievement appearing effortless.