单选题:根据以下材料,回答题JillKerConway,presidentofSmith,echoestheprevailing

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根据以下材料,回答题
JillKerConway,presidentofSmith,echoestheprevailingviewofcontemporarytechnologywhenshesaysthat"anyoneintoday'sworldwhodoesn'tunderstanddataprocessingisnoteducated."Butsheinsiststhattheincreasingemphasisonthesemattersleavecertaingaps.Saysshe:"Theverystronglyutilitarianemphasisineducation,whichisaneffectofman-madesatellitesandthecoldwar,hasreallyremovedfromthisculturesomethingthatwasveryprofoundinits18thand19thcenturyroots,whichwasasensethatliteracyandlearningwereendsinthemselvesforademocraticrepublic."
IncontrasttoPlato'sclaimforthesocialvalueofeducation,aquitedifferentideaofintellectu-alpurposeswasadvocatedbytheRenaissancehumanists.OverjoyedwiththeirrediscoveryoftheclassicallearningthatwasthoughttohavedisappearedduringtheDarkAges,theyarguedthattheimpartingofknowledgeneedsnojustification--religious,social,economic,orpolitical.Itspurpose,totheextentthatithasone,istopassonfromgenerationtogenerationthecorpusofknowledgethatconstitutescivilization."Whatcouldmanacquire,byvirtuousstriving,thatismorevaluablethanknowledge?"askedErasmus,perhapsthegreatestscholaroftheearly16thcentury.Thatideahasacquiredatraditionofitsown."Theeducationalprocesshasnoendbeyonditself,"saidJohnDewey."Itisitsownend."
Butwhatexactlyisthecorpusofknowledgetobepassedon?Insimplertimes,itwasallincludedinthemedievaluniversities'Quadrivium(arithmetic,geometry,astronomy,music)andTrivium(grammar,rhetoric,logic).Asrecentlyasthelastcentury,whenlessthan5%ofAmericanswenttocollegeatall,studentsinNewEnglandestablishmentswerecompelledmainlytomemorizeandrecitevariousLatintexts,andcrustyprofessorsangrilyopposedtheintroductionofanynewscientificdiscoveriesormodemEuropeanlanguages."Theyfelt,"saidregretfullyCharlesFrancisAdams,Jr.,theUnionPacificRailroadpresidentwhodevotedhislateryearstowritinghistory,"thataclassicaleducationwastheimportantdistinctionbetweenamanwhohadbeentocollegeandamanwhohadnotbeentocollege,andthatanythingthatdiminishedtheimportanceofthisdistinctionwasessentiallyrevolutionaryandtendedtoanarchy."
ThefirstparagraphshowsthatJillKerConwayacceptsutilitarianemphasisineducation A.wholeheartedly.
B.withreservation.
C.against。herownwill.
D.withcontempt.

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