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Last spring I read a questionnaire about study plans.去年春天，我读了一份关于学习计划的「问卷」。 A girl from a village wrote about her destination.一个来自村庄的女孩写下了她的「目的地」。 Her marks were high, but her family income was low.她成绩很好，但家里收入很低。 She sent a plain letter asking about a scholarship.她寄来一封平常的信，询问「奖学金」。

One question stayed fundamental in my mind.有一个问题在我心里始终是「根本的」。 Can a written test alone decide who learns?一张笔试就能决定谁学到东西吗？ I thought not, for such tests can hide discrimination.我认为不能，因为这类考试可能藏着「歧视」。 So, after a small demonstration, our group decided to intervene.于是，在一场小规模的「示威」之后，我们小组决定「介入」。

We watched the young demonstrator explain a hard idea, and that short intervention changed our reading of every number.我们看着那位年轻的「演示者」讲解一个难懂的想法，那次简短的「干预」改变了我们看每个数字的方式。 Later we began to rewrite the test, a fundamental step toward a fairer system.后来我们开始重写考试，这是走向更公平制度的一个「根本」步骤。 The change looked small, yet it gave more students a real way forward.这个改变看似很小，却给了更多学生一条真正的路。

Now teachers run the interviews alone, so the work keeps going.现在老师们自己主持面谈，所以这项工作能一直做下去。 The girl never got the largest scholarship, but other help arrived.那个女孩从未拿到最大的那笔奖学金，但别的帮助来了。 A fair method is not fundamentally about one winner; a destination should be a road open to all.公平的方法「根本上」不是在挑一个赢家；目的地应当是所有人都能走的路。