分数藏起来的那部分短文★★★★★
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People talk about a mark as if it were the size of a person, and I have stood on both sides.
人说一个分数，口气就像在说一个人有多大，这件事的两边我都站过。
In my last year I got a high mark in an examination and everybody said I was clever. The same term I could not ask for help in a group job, because asking made me feel small.
最后一年我一次大考分数很高，人人都说我聪明。同一学期，小组里有个活我干不了却开不了口求人，因为求人让我觉得自己很小。
A mark measures one narrow thing on one day: how well you fit the questions somebody chose.
一个数量的只是一天里很窄的一件事：你合不合出题那人挑的那几道题。
It cannot say how hard you worked, or what it cost you to sit still for two hours.
它说不出你为它下了多少功夫，也说不出你坐着不动两个钟头是怎么过来的。
The worst part is that a good mark buys you silence. Nobody asks what you are bad at, so you stop looking.
最糟的是好分数会换来安静。没人问你不行的是什么，你也就自己不去找了。
A school that wants to help a student should ask about Tuesday, not about the number on the paper.
一所学校真想帮一个学生，该去问他星期二怎么样，而不是问纸上那个数。
I have two marks now, one high and one low, and I can tell you which taught me more.
我现在手上有一高一低两个数，我可以告诉你哪个教我的更多。