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[2020·ºþ±±Ê¡Î人ÊиßÖбÏÒµÉúµ÷ÑÐ]In American countryside, the message we hear is this: Go and get an education. Leave your small town and make something of yourself. Success and opportunity are found elsewhere.

After graduating from a high school in Helena, Arkansas, I did go.

I went to Colby College in Maine. I had visited the school ahead of time, so I knew what I was getting myself into. I knew about the difference in weather. I understood the difference in social atmosphere. But I wanted to stretch myself and get out of my comfort zone. And you know what? I absolutely loved my time there. But one thing took me by surprise — the lack of countryside representation. Most of the other students at Colby were from big cities: New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco ... And when I had conversations with these students — in or outside of class — we almost always focused on topics facing large American cities. In my education classes, it was always “urban this” and “urban that”£®

It was like small town America didn't exist.

And this urban interest doesn't just happen in college. I went to an education conference a couple of years ago, and a professor — someone who had been at the forefront of educational reform — was there to deliver a keynote. I was chosen to be part of a small group that got to meet with him. So there we were, five or six of us sitting in a room, and I asked him, “What are your thoughts on the state of education in the countryside£¿” And this man was speechless.

I'll never forget that moment. It speaks to a larger truth. Towns like mine are forgotten.

This trend of exporting talent and resources to our big cities — this mindset of leaving small towns and never coming back — I don't want to add to that movement. I want to reverse that movement.

Now it's my turn to help people younger than me. And you know what? I'm a sixth grade teacher in Helena now.

1£®What do people in American countryside think of the future of the youth at home?

A£®Secure.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡B£®Fragile.

C£®Promising.  D£®Bright.

2£®What did the author find in his college classroom?

A£®Students chatted freely.

B£®Countryside was ignored.

C£®He was looked down upon.

D£®Students concentrated on education.

3£®How would the author feel about the professor's reaction?

A£®It's emotional.  B£®It's natural.

C£®It's positive.  D£®It's disappointing.

4£®What is the author doing now?

A£®Teaching in a college.

B£®Fighting for the movement.

C£®Working with the professor.

D£®Devoting himself to his hometown.