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“Like a small boat amidst high waves. I have no goals, no directions, but drifting aimlessly along the waves. I
have been tired physically and mentally during the past three years,”a 9th grader wrote of his experience attending
junior high school in Taiwan.
The disheartening article written by the 15-year old student is not an exception; in fact, it is a norm, according to
educators and parents who attended the forum on education reform yesterday. They said it described the pain and
pressures most students felt from preparing for the high school entrance exam during the entire three years in junior high.
According to this student, all his anticipations toward an "exciting" experience at junior high school were all
drowned out as textbooks, tests and pressures from the entrance exam flooded his daily life. The only excitement left for
him was the short breaks on basketball courts and in the online digital world.
A high school teacher said in the forum that to juggle between heavy courses and extra-curriculum activities,
students often sacrifice lunch or dinner time to study. She added there are at least 10 subjects per every high school
semester.
"I cannot even carry these books, but a child has to!" said by a student’s parent, who pointed out to a thick stack of
20-plus textbooks displayed in the forum and said it is only a tiny portion of the required readings at her 9th-grade
child's school. She added that there are at least 10 textbooks, and numerous outside readings, for each subject. Students
lack the opportunity to think on their own when they have so many materials to study.
Those who attended the forum all mentioned that students undergo tremendous pressures from high school
entrance exams. They urge the government to review education plans of the past decade and to formulate an entirely
different approach towards education in Taiwan. A professor from the National Chengchi University said, "After exams
and tests, what is left of these children?"
【題組】49. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
(A)Many people are very satisfied with the current education system.
(B)Nowadays few of the students in Taiwan have stress any longer.
(C)Our high school curriculums are not too complex or too difficult.
(D) The government has not really found a good way to undergo educational reform.
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