Everyone knows that our school system, in general, is not giving our kids the basic reading, writing, ‘rithmatic and science skills needed to be competitive in the high-tech workforce of the upcoming generation (at least, that’s the general assumption, and we won’t argue it here).
總的來說，我們都知道學(xué)校不能教給我們的孩子一些基本的讀書，寫作，算術(shù)和科學(xué)技能，這些技能是我們?cè)诩磳⒊霈F(xiàn)的新一代高科技勞動(dòng)力（至少，這是一個(gè)普遍的看法，我們不需要在這里爭(zhēng)論）中具有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的保證。

But there’s much more to life than those basic subjects, and unless you have an exceptional teacher who is willing to break out of the mold, your child isn’t learning the crucial things he or she needs to learn in life.
但是生活中我們需要遠(yuǎn)比那些基礎(chǔ)學(xué)科更多的知識(shí)，你的孩子根本沒有學(xué)會(huì)生活中需要的那些至關(guān)重要的知識(shí)，除非有一位獨(dú)特的老師，他愿意去打破這種模式。

Think about your own experience for a moment. When you got out of high school, did you know everything you needed in order to survive in life, let alone succeed? If you were lucky, you knew how to read and had some basic history and math skills, and if you were even luckier, you had good study habits that would serve you well in college.
回顧你的切身經(jīng)驗(yàn)，當(dāng)你高中畢業(yè)時(shí)，你了解生活中的所需知識(shí)么？更不用說如何取得成功了。幸運(yùn)的話，你也許知道如何閱讀，并且有一些基本的歷史和數(shù)學(xué)技能，甚至你還可能擁有良好的學(xué)習(xí)習(xí)慣，這將使你在大學(xué)中受益。

But were you prepared for life? Most likely not, unless you had parents who did you that favor. In fact, many of us screwed up our early adult lives because we didn’t know those skills — and we’re paying the consequences now.
但是，你真的準(zhǔn)備好進(jìn)入現(xiàn)實(shí)生活了么？也許未必，除非你的父母已經(jīng)為你準(zhǔn)備好一切。事實(shí)上，我們大部分人的早期成年生活都是一團(tuán)糟，因?yàn)槲覀儾涣私馑璧募寄?，而我們正在承受相?yīng)的后果。

That’s a part of life, you might say, learning these lessons. But it’s also possible to prepare your child a bit before they go out on their own, and if we can’t get the schools to teach these skills, then let’s do it ourselves.
你也許會(huì)說，這是生活的一部分——從經(jīng)驗(yàn)教訓(xùn)中學(xué)習(xí)。但仍可能在你的孩子獨(dú)立生活之前，讓他準(zhǔn)備得充分一些。如果我們無(wú)法讓學(xué)校教授那些技能，就讓我們自己來負(fù)責(zé)吧。

What follows is a basic curriculum in life that a child should know before reaching adulthood. There will probably be other skills you can add to this list, but at least it’s a starting point.
以下是一張基本課程表，孩子在邁入成年生活之前都應(yīng)該掌握它。也許你認(rèn)為還有其他技能需要加入其中，但至少這是一個(gè)起步要求。

A note on how to teach these things: These subjects should not be taught by lectures or textbooks. They can only be taught by setting examples, by conversation, by showing, and by allowing the child (or teenager) to do these things on their own (with supervision at first). Once you’ve talked about the skill, showed your child how to do it, and let them do it under supervision a few times, give your child the trust to do it on his own, and to learn from his own mistakes. Check back every now and then to talk about what he’s learned.
如何教導(dǎo)這些事情：這些課程無(wú)法通過講課和課本來掌握，只能通過實(shí)例、言傳身教來教導(dǎo)，并且要允許小孩獨(dú)自去嘗試（剛剛開始可以在監(jiān)督下進(jìn)行）。一旦你進(jìn)行言傳身教，并且監(jiān)督他們嘗試幾次后，就應(yīng)該給予你的孩子信任，讓他自己去完成，從自身的錯(cuò)誤中學(xué)習(xí)；另外要不時(shí)和你的孩子討論他的學(xué)習(xí)成果。

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