苏联人毫不掩饰他们正致力于造就一大批科学和数学“神童”以利于赢得全球霸权。苏联先于美国将第一颗人造地球卫星射入空间之后二十年,美国的教育家和军事专家们担心苏联又对他们国家的科学优势进行挑战。这种新挑战表现在中学课堂上,而不是在实验室里。 The Soviets make no secret of their dedication to creating a large number of “prodigy” of science and mathematics in the interest of winning global hegemony. Twenty years after the Soviet Union brought the first man-made Earth satellite into space in the United States, educators and military experts in the United States are worried that the Soviet Union will challenge the scientific superiority of their country. This new challenge is reflected in the secondary school classroom, not in the laboratory.