Jeannie: Everything okay?

珍妮： 一切都好吗?

William: No, I just got off the phone with my daughter’s school and they’re not putting her in the gifted and talented program.

威廉： 不好，我接到我女儿学校的电话，我女儿没有分到重点班。

Jeannie: That’s disappointing, but wasn’t she struggling in school last year?

珍妮： 真的很抱歉，听到这个消息，她去年的学习有点吃力吗?

William: Her teachers were thinking of putting her in remedial classes. Can you believe that? My daughter is getting poor grades because she’s bored in school. She tunes out. She’d be coasting in her classes if the teachers would just challenge her.

威廉：她的老师想把她分到辅导班， 你能相信吗?我女儿学习成绩差，是因为她对学校厌烦了，对上学一点不上心。 要是老师能多给她一些挑战性的问题， 她就能毫不费力地取得成功。

Jeannie: Are you sure that’s the problem? My son was considered low- achieving in the lower grades, but since starting high school, he’s doing a lot better.

珍妮： 你确定?我儿子曾一度被以为是在学习上进度慢， 但是上高中后，他做的好多了。

William: I’m telling you, my daughter could be high- achieving if they’d only put her in the gifted and talented program. It’s all about teacher expectations.

威廉：我跟你说， 我女儿学习速度很快，如果他们把她分到重点班。这都是老师对学生的期望值太低的问题。

Jeannie: Well, it’s not all about expectations…

珍妮： 额，其实不全是期望……

William: Are you trying to tell me that my daughter is slow and I should just accept it?

威廉：你是不是想跟我说我女儿反应慢，我只能承认?

Jeannie: I’m saying that kids develop at their own pace. Some are late bloomers.

珍妮： 我只是说每个孩子都有自己的步调，有的孩子只是启蒙的比较晚。

William: Nobody in my family has ever been late in anything, and they’re not going to start now.

威廉：我们家的人没有人落后别人，他们从来不会现在才起步。

Jeannie: Putting pressure on her might make matters worse.

珍妮： 给她压力可能会使事情变得更糟。

William: Who’s putting pressure on her? Maybe I can help her by getting her tutors in every subject and enrolling her in summer programs.

威廉：谁给她压力了?或许我可以每科给她请个老师辅导她，再给她报个暑假项目。

Jeannie: Maybe she just needs more time…

珍妮： 可能她需要更多时间。

William: And let her waste her potential? What kind of father would I be then?

威廉：然后让她浪费自己的天赋?那我成了什么样的父亲了?

Jeannie: Everything okay?

William: No, I just got off the phone with my daughter’s school and they’re not putting her in the gifted and talented program.

Jeannie: That’s disappointing, but wasn’t she struggling in school last year?

William: Her teachers were thinking of putting her in remedial classes. Can you believe that? My daughter is getting poor grades because she’s bored in school. She tunes out. She’d be coasting in her classes if the teachers would just challenge her.

Jeannie: Are you sure that’s the problem? My son was considered low- achieving in the lower grades, but since starting high school, he’s doing a lot better.

William: I’m telling you, my daughter could be high- achieving if they’d only put her in the gifted and talented program. It’s all about teacher expectations.

Jeannie: Well, it’s not all about expectations…

William: Are you trying to tell me that my daughter is slow and I should just accept it?

Jeannie: I’m saying that kids develop at their own pace. Some are late bloomers.

William: Nobody in my family has ever been late in anything, and they’re not going to start now.

Jeannie: Putting pressure on her might make matters worse.

William: Who’s putting pressure on her? Maybe I can help her by getting her tutors in every subject and enrolling her in summer programs.

Jeannie: Maybe she just needs more time…

William: And let her waste her potential? What kind of father would I be then?