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Twenty-three elementary schools in Orange County, Florida, have been cutting back on recess(休息), and...
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Twenty-three elementary schools in Orange County, Florida, have been cutting back on recess(休息), and even canceling it altogether to increase class time. In a recent Orange County School Board meeting, parents asked that recess time be carried out in all local schools for all students.
Angela Browning, a parent in the area, said that schools provided 0 to 30 minutes of recess per day.
“Five-year-olds not getting recess is nothing short of abuse ,” said
Browning , who added that her twins, who are in the second grade, had attention- deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD 注意力缺陷多动障碍) and benefited from taking a break to use up some of their energy. “We will not accept a ‘recess for some, but not all’ approach.”
“They have become machines that produce data as opposed to children,”
Amy Narvaez, a mother of two children said.
At the center of issues in Florida are Common Core exams, mandatory(强制 的)standardized tests in math, language, arts and literacy(读写能力), where the students’ performance often decides teachers’ pay and sometimes their jobs. Many teachers are using that extra 20 minutes to teach the test.
“Because so much of the money is tied to the schools’ scores and their grades, everybody is pressured,” said Diana Moore, president of the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association.
“We’ll come to a place in Florida and probably nationally where we have to admit that we really don’t have enough minutes in the day to get everything done for our children,” said Orange County Public Schools leader Barbara Jenkins.
The decision of whether recess takes place, and for how long, has thus far been up to each school’s principal.
“Florida law requires that districts provide 900 teaching hours during the school year,” Florida’s Department of Education press secretary Cheryl Etters said in a statement. "Whether recess is part of the school day is a decision made by the school board(学校董事会)”
Canceling recess also can taper off chances for children to learn social skills, according to many experts. Many children take advantage of their rest to learn skills, according to some experts. If recess is canceled, they have to give up.
“At the end of the day, who cares if you have straight A’s and you get a scholarship to Harvard if you act with no skill?” Heather Mellet, a mother of two children in the district said.
1.Which is the best title for the passage?
A.Which is more important: scores or ability?
B.Schools should take care of children with ADHD
C.Parents fight for their children’s right to recess
D.Elementary schools give children no recess time
2.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Students who get straight A’s can have much recess.
B.Angela Browning thinks recess is good for her children.
C.Heather Mellet thinks that rest is more important than scores for children.
D.Barbara Jenkins doesn’t agree that schools should have done everything well for students.
3.Why do some schools give students little or no time for rest?
A.Because they must give students’ parents a perfect explanation.
B.Because what students have to learn is too much.
C.Because there’s no law to request schools to do so.
D.Because they want students to gain good test scores.
4.About recess time for students in Florida we can learn ______ .
A.there is little possibility to happen
B.the local government has no request for it
C.all schools will have the same recess time
D.it is decided by students and their parents
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