标题: Teach for America [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 7-13-2010 12:11 标题: Teach for America 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
(1) From members' view point:
Michael Winerip, A Chosen Few Are Teaching for America. New York Times, July 12, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/education/12winerip.html?_r=1&sq=teach%20for%20america&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=2&adxnnlx=1279051385-hJhSL6Yf81hdzIDrKwGCRg
(2) from founder and chief executive officer's standpoint:
Naomi Schaffer Riley, What They're Doing After Harvard; Teach for America now attracts 12% of all Ivy League seniors. The program's founder explains why it beats working on Wall Street. Wall Street Journal, July 10, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704198004575311052522926796.html
My comment:
(a) Please read only the first eight paragraphs.
(b) It is hard to believe that the organization is so hot, and that so many Americans aspire to become teachers, even for just two-year period. No wonder foreigners have such a hard time, including me in early 1990s.