為什麼在我們眼裡學校生活是枯燥的？
【內容提示】
學生們談起假日活動便眉飛色舞，說到回校上課就有點愁眉苦臉。為什麼學生們不喜歡學校呢？因為學校生活太枯燥。請你寫一篇文章，分析一下其中的原因。是因為學生們不喜歡上課呢，還是什麼別的原因？
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Why School Is Dull in Our Eyes
Whenever we talk about holidays, there is always a pretty smile on our faces. But when we realize our holidays will soon be over and we have to return to school, we feel a bit sad. This is not because we hate study. What we hate is our dull life at school.
The scope①of our school life is nothing more than our school, or even the much smaller classroom. Every day, every term, we have our lessons in the same classroom repeatedly. We have no chance to get in touch with society to enrich our life. School is just like a cage that binds②our thoughts and behaviors. How can we teenagers stay in a cage? For the teenagers it is just time that our own characters are formed. One's character must be moulded through practice and experiences. But the school passes us knowledge merely from text books. And no student can free himself from so many kinds of homework. Can we form our character in this way? No, never!
We can not make free use of our time. Everyday we are forced to do what we don't like to do. Everyday we have to study for better scores. We just don't want to be slaves of scores. Sometimes we do not even have time to read newspapers. Once I heard that one of us did not even know who Ronald Reagan③ is. But most of our teachers at school think that good scores are more important than stronger characters. They highly praise students who achieve good scores instead of praising those with strong characters.
All of us hope that life is becoming richer and richer, and the scope of life much wider. In school we should acquire not only knowledge, but also learn to understand nature of life. If school life is full of fun and interests, I believe we will enjoy school life much better.
【詞語解釋】
①scope [sk+up] n．範圍；眼界
②bind [baind] v．捆；束縛
③Ronald Reagan['r&n+ld 'reig+n] 隆納·雷根（美國總統名）
【寫法指要】
本文作者在引言段為自己立論“What we hate is our dull life at school.”。接著，作者在正文中運用因果辯證關係對這一論點進行了直接論證。如果我們把“our dull life at school”看作結果的話，那么本文就是由結果推斷原因了。作者根據自身的體驗和學校存在的事實，分析出了兩方面的原因：一是教學脫離實際、脫離社會，二是學校推行的是應試教育。最後，作者的結論是多姿多彩的學校生活才不會枯燥。