480 – 藤校学生家长分享心得2

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https://socratespost.com/interviews/strategies-stanford-parents/

10. While many American parents think that public schools tend to fall short of private schools, Demeka instead tried to dispel（消除、打消） that myth.

当许多美国家长认为公立学校往往不如私立学校时，Demeka试图打消这种误解。

11. “Basically, I was their humanities coach, supporting them with Social Studies, English Language Arts, and writing. My husband was their math and science coach,”

“基本上，我是他们的人文指导，在社会学、英语语言艺术和写作方面支持他们。我丈夫是他们的数学和科学指导。”

12. Aside from coaching their kids on academic subjects, Demeka and Anthony made sure to sharpen their kids’ study skills — early. While most kindergarteners were learning how to operate the iPad and play in the park, Anthony and Chyna were getting the hang of self-analysis and self-assessment.

除了辅导孩子的学业，Demeka和Anthony还确保尽早提高孩子的学习技能。当大多数幼儿园的孩子还在学习如何操作iPad和在公园里玩的时候，Anthony和Chyna已经掌握了自我分析和自我评估的诀窍。

13. Demeka explained, “They’ve been analyzing and using data and conducting self-assessments and reflections and goal setting since kindergarten. We would pull out the report cards, any test results that they would get and teach them how to read that data and to draw conclusions from their data and to reflect on, ‘What are my strengths? What are my areas for improvement?’ These behaviors served them well in the college admissions process.”

Demeka解释说:“他们从幼儿园开始就一直在分析和使用数据，进行自我评估、反思和目标设定。我们会拿出成绩单，任何他们能得到的测试结果，教他们如何阅读这些数据，如何从数据中得出结论，并反思“我的优势是什么?”我需要改进的地方是什么?’这些行为让他们在大学招生过程中受益匪浅。”

14. “The interesting thing is people think they didn’t have a normal childhood. Anybody who knows them will tell you that they had a normal childhood. As a matter of fact, my friends would say, ‘They were outside playing and don’t study as much as our kids. When do they have time to…?’

“有趣的是，人们以为他们没有一个正常的童年。任何认识他们的人都会告诉你，他们的童年很正常。事实上，我的朋友们会说，‘他们在外面玩，不像我们的孩子那样学习。他们什么时候有时间…?”

15. But here is the thing. All that we ever asked, depending on their age, is that there was at least an hour a day of learning, of some structured learning.”

但重要的是，我们所要求的，取决于他们的年龄，是每天至少有一个小时的学习，一些结构化的学习。”

16. Beyond daily structured learning, Demeka and Anthony wove learning into the fabric of their daily family lives. They didn’t put ordinarily mundane （平凡的、单调的） moments to waste. What does that mean?

除了日常结构化学习之外，Demeka和Anthony还将学习融入了他们的日常家庭生活。他们没有浪费平常平凡的时光。这是什么意思?