[单项选择] You don’’t need to look far for evidence that we Americans today don’’t place a very high value on intellect. Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even schools are where we send our children to get a practical education -- not to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools aren’’t difficult to find. "Schools have always been in a society where practical is more important than intellectual," says education historian and writer Diane Ravitch. "Schools could be a counterbalance." Ravitch’’ s latest book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces what she considers the roots of anti-intellectualism in our schools. Schools, she concludes, are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits. But they could and should be. When we encourage our children to reject the life of the mind, we leave them vulnerable to exploitation and control. Without t
A. undervaluing intellect
B. favoring intellectualism
C. supporting school reform
D. suppressing native intelligence

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