这是美国北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市,星期二上午,天气晴朗。快到午餐时间了,在自己家里上学的7岁的汉娜·斯比尔和5岁的弟弟本杰明正坐在桌子旁。汉娜在练习本上做算术作业,而本杰明在学音标。他们的两个小弟弟:4岁的内森和2岁的托马斯已经在地板上为玩具卡车修好了一条路,正轰隆隆地往上开呢。3个月大的小妹伊丽莎白在旁边的婴儿车里,已经有些不耐烦了。尽管置身于这个乱哄哄的环境,他们的妈妈梅格仍然认为这是家庭学校里正常而愉快的一幕。两 This is Charlotte, NC, and it is fine on Tuesday morning. As lunch breaks, Hannah Spear, a seven-year-old school-goer in his own home, and his 5-year-old brother, Benjamin, are sitting at the table. Hannah did math homework on the exercise book while Benjamin was studying phonetic transcription. Two of their little brothers, Nathan, 4, and Thomas, 2, have already made some progress on the floor for the toy truck and are rummaging upwards. Elizabeth, a 3-month-old girl, was already somewhat impatient in the stroller next to her. Despite being in such a chaotic situation, their mom, Meg, still considered it a normal and enjoyable scene at home school. Two