Ever since this government’s term began, the attitude to teachers has been overshadowed by the mantra that good teachers cannot be rewarded if it means bad teachers are rewarded, too. That’s why, despite the obvious need for them, big pay rises have not been awarded to teachers across the board. The latest pay rise was 3.6 per cent--mad in the present situation. That’s why, as well, the long battle over performance-related pay was fought as teacher numbers slid.
The idea is that some kind of year zero can eventually be achieved whereby all the bad teachers are gone and only the good teachers remain. That is why the Government’s attempts to relieve the teacher shortage have been so focused on offering incentives to get a new generation of teachers into training. The assumption is that so many of the teachers we have already are bad, that only by starting again can standards be raised.
But the teacher shortage is not caused only because of a
A. is too small to be attractive to teachers.
B. is too big even for good teachers.
C. is close-knit to teachers’ performance.
D. is in itself anything but a reward.
| Ever since this government’s term
began, the attitude to teachers has been overshadowed by the mantra that good
teachers cannot be rewarded if it means bad teachers are rewarded, too. That’s
why, despite the obvious need for them, big pay rises have not been awarded to
teachers across the board. The latest pay rise was 3.6 per cent--mad in the
present situation. That’s why, as well, the long battle over performance-related
pay was fought as teacher numbers slid. The idea is that some kind of year zero can eventually be achieved whereby all the bad teachers are gone and only the good teachers remain. That is why the Government’s attempts to relieve the teacher shortage have been so focused on offering incentives to get a new generation of teachers into training. The assumption is that so many of the teachers we have already are bad, that only by starting A. is too small to be attractive to teachers. B. is too big even for good teachers. C. is close-knit to teachers’ performance. D. is in itself anything but a reward. [填空题]Ever since humans began using their minds to master their environment, the (36) and use of an excellent memory has been (37) for anyone rising to positions of command and respect, No great leader in human history was thought to have a bad memory. As a matter of fact, the people who are looked down upon by history, (38) .from not having good leadership skills, often were the ones with poor memories.
The use of memory (39) reached its summit in the Middle Ages. People in the Middle Ages were crazy about memory systems. It seems to have had a lot to do with the (40) of paper, but there were other reasons as well. (41) systems in religion, law, government, business, and what we would nowadays call "media" were developing. In short, there was a lot to memorize. Everything in European culture of the time reflected people’s efforts to organize information in their heads. Cathedrals, with their painted wall paintings and (42 我来回答: 提交
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