【正文】 f a large shipping pany in New York, not surprisingly was a business major. But he also hosted a classical music show on the college39。t we educate people for life as well as for a career? I believe we can.If we can not, then that is a conviction against our educational system — kindergarten, elementary, secondary and higher. In a time of increasing specialization, a time when 90 percent of all the scientists who have ever lived are currently alive, more than ever, we need to know what is truly important in life.This is where age and maturity enter. Most people, somewhere between the ages of 30 and 50, finally arrive at the inevitable conclusion that they were meant to do more than serve a corporation, a government agency, or whatever.Most of us finally have the insight that quality of life is not entirely determined by a balance sheet. Sure, everyone wants to be financially fortable, but we also want to feel we have a perspective on the world beyond the confines of our occupation。 I tremble to think what she39。 major objective is to be financially well off. Less important than ever is developing a meaningful philosophy of life. Accordingly, today the most popular course is not literature or history but accounting.Interest in teaching, social service and the humanities is at a low, along with ethnic and women39。s a Lot More to Life than a JobIt has often been remarked that the saddest thing about youth is that it is wasted on the young.Reading a survey report on firstyear college students, I recalled the regret, If only I knew then what I know now.The survey revealed what I had already suspected from informal polls of students both in Macon and at the Robins Resident Center: if it (whatever it may be) won39。t pute and you can39。s studies. On the other hand, enrollment in business programs, engineering and puter science is way up.That39。s earning now.Frankly, I39。 we want to be able to render service to our fellow man and to our God.If it is a fact that the meaning of life does not dawn until middle age, is it then not the duty of educational institutions to prepare the way for that revelation? Most people, in their youth, resent the Social Security deductions from their pay, yet a seemingly few short years later find themselves standing anxiously by the mailbox.While it39。s FM station and listened to Wagner as he studied his accounting.That39。s ensure that students are prepared for the day when they realize their shortsightedness. There39。 so 因此，所以2. in a manner that is suggested by what is known or has been said 按照所說的情況▲humanityn. 1. (pl.) subjects concerned with human culture 人文學科（尤指文學、語言、歷史和哲學）2. [U] human beings as a whole。 employment 工作，職業(yè)2. [C] a way of spending time。 sth. given towards a particular aim or purpose 捐助（物），貢獻（物），奉獻artistica. 1. of art or artists 藝術(shù)的，美術(shù)的；藝術(shù)家的2. skillful and attractive 富有藝術(shù)性的，精美的，精彩的wisdomn. 1. [U] experience and knowledge。 describe (sth.) in words 描繪，描述puzzlev. 1. (make one) feel confused or slightly worried because one cannot understand sth. （使）困惑，（使）為難2. (make one) think hard about sth. in order to understand it （使）苦思n. 1. [C] a game or toy in which parts must be fitted together correctly, intended to amuse or exercise the mind 智力測驗，智力玩具，謎2. [C] a question that is difficult to understand or answer 難題，難解之事conferencen. [C, U] (meeting for) discussion or exchange of views 會議，討論（會）■intern. [C] a system by which one can talk through a machine to sb. in a near place 內(nèi)部通話系統(tǒng)distinguishvt. 1. recognize the difference between (people or things) 辨別，識別2. (oneself) behave or perform noticeably well 表現(xiàn)突出classicala. (of music) serious and traditional in style 古典的■FM (abbreviation for frequency modulation)n. [U] a radio system of broadcasting 調(diào)頻PHRASES AND EXPRESSIONSif only(used to express a strong wish) （用來表示強烈的愿望）但愿，真希望according toas stated by (sb.) or in (sth.) 根據(jù)be well offbe in a good position, esp. financially 經(jīng)濟充裕，富裕at a lowat a low level or figure 處于低水平（或數(shù)字）be fond ofhave a great liking for sb./(doing) sth. 很喜歡，很喜愛be proud oftake pride in 為……感到自豪arrive atreach (sth. such as a place or conclusion) 達成，得出be meant to dobe supposed to do 應(yīng)做read offind out about (sb./sth.) by reading 通過閱讀發(fā)現(xiàn)（或查明）go on strikebe engaged in/start a strike 舉行罷工in the long runafter a long period。t like it.Just look at what the attitude surveys tell us. In the United States, threequarters of the adults surveyed by the Harris poll and twothirds of all highschool seniors surveyed by Scholastic magazine say they believe that the United States will be a worse place 10 years from now than it is today. No wonder young people are disaffected. No wonder they are not motivated to learn. They think the world in which they are going to spend their lives won39。re going to do as adults.If these people do not acquire some constructive vision of purpose for themselves, they are likely to be very destructive forces of resistance in society throughout their lives. We already see that. One recent estimate is that ones