Topic 15 The Key Problem of the Key School
Schools stronger in financial conditions, teaching staff and academic reputations are designated "key" and would become stronger with the backing of more official assistance. Nowadays key schools are the most popular stars. Students of course prefer the key schools because they can enjoy modern teaching buildings, advanced multimedia classrooms, outdoor stadiums and even indoor stadiums. To parents, the key school is the first key to the bright future of their children. At the beginning of every new semester there are plenty of parents willing to do whatever it takes to send their children to a school or class with a "key" label.

After absorbing great amount of social resources, these key schools could not payback thousands of elites; instead they become a kind of dangerous time bomb. When key schools occupy most of government funds,those non—key ones, which are badly in need of a helping hand from the government, could only get less attention and support; thus become less competitive and less attractive. The gap between key schools and non—key schools is becoming so wide that it would seriously affect the education system of our country entirely. What is worse is that imbalanced education would do great damage to the social justice and harmony. We need effective measures, or it would be too late.

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“重点学校”所带来的主要问题

那些经费更为充足、拥有更好师资和学术声誉的学校被称为“重点学校”，凭借这一称号，重点学校能获得更多的政府支持，从而变得更有实力。如今重点学校已是万众瞩目的明星。学生当然更乐意去重点学校，因为那里有现代化的教学楼、先进的多媒体教室、甚至室外体育场。对于家长来说，重点学校更是决定孩子光明前途的首要因素。每个新学期伊始，都会有许多家长不惜一切地要将自己的孩子送到那些被称为“重点”的学校。

但是重点学校在吸收了大量社会资源后，却并不能回馈社会以更多的精英；相反，重点学校变成了一颗危险的定时炸弹。当重点学校拿走大部分的政府资助时，那些急需政府帮助的非重点学校不受重视。重点学校和非重点学校之间的差距越来越大，以至于使我们国家的整个教育事业都受影响。更为严重的是，教育的不均衡发展势必会严重破坏社会的公正和和谐。我们要采取有效措施，以免为时过晚。