我们把孩子送到学校也只不过是为了（让他们）接受实用教育——而并非为了追求知识。
Our schools are where we send our children to get a practical education—not to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge.
现在大学课程的重点是实用和功利，而不是通识教育或个人发展。
The emphasis of university programs today is now on the practical and the utilitarian, rather than on a general education or on personal development.
McWhorter 承认正式的语言并不是绝对必要的，也没有提出任何激进的教育改革——他实际上是在为失去一些美丽但相对不实用的东西而悲伤。
McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and proposes no radical education reforms—he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than useful.
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