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昨晚睡得很早，结果就醒的也早，越来越像老年人了。
昨天中午在餐厅和一个台湾建筑师一次吃饭。无意中都谈起各自的12岁的儿子。我抱怨现在的孩子太累，由于孩子的累，导致我们家长也跟着累。原本我是习惯于晚起的，但是由于要大清早就要送孩子去上学，必须很早起床。妻子已经很照顾我，大多的时候是她在为孩子的事情操劳。但是有时因为她的车技还不佳，不得不要我亲自出马。
孩子为了能考上好的初中，每天要花很多的时间在英语上。他本来就在上海最好的一所外国语小学上学，如今又是这所小学300多名应届生中挑出的最好的10名在特别的强化训练。两年前，我为了让孩子英文学的更好，不惜重金给他请了一个英国来的家庭教师，每周教他3个小时英文。孩子疑问我：“为什么我要那么累去读英文？而且花费那么多？”，我回答：“为了你的孩子不读英文”。孩子不明白，我解释：中国目前已经发展的不错，等你学好了本领，长大把国家建设的更好，在不久的将来，你的孩子就不用学英文了，你就等着美国人来急着学中文把。
如今，把很多精力和财力放在孩子身上，也称之为“孝子”——孝敬儿子。
附上我孩子在课堂上用6分钟时间写的英文短文，我未作任何修改，可以看出他又多累。
My Daily Life
I am just a student in grade five. But I have too much homework and I am very busy. Everyday, I go to bed late, but I must still get up early. Every morning, I feel very sleepy. My school is far from my home. So I go to school by car, and it costs about twenty minutes. Everyday, I stay in school for a long time to have many lessons. In the morning I have four lessons, and I have two in the afternoon. After that, I go to Class A to have another lesson. I can’t go home until five o’clock. As you can see, I am too tired for study. So when I come back home I play basketball for a long time. Then the dinner time is coming, I am too tired, so I am very hungry and I have a lot of appetite. After dinner, I have a break for a few minutes. Then there is a lot of homework waiting for me. I usually do my homework for two hours. For the longest, I spend three hours doing my homework. I usually can’t go to bed until nine o’clock. As you can see, how busy I am! But I am very happy!
Frank D.
2006/3/24
LIFEOFARCH
这是一篇旧文，后来因故被删除。现在重新贴上。
如今孩子已经考上了理想中的初中，终于如愿。这个初中是上海最好的初中之一，应该是最难考的一个中学。为孩子今后的发展奠定了良好的基础。辛苦没有白费。 | 
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