I really regret that in our first world, where we have the money and ability, we treat teachers like third-class citizens and pay them like fifth-class citizens.

真的很遗憾，在我们这样的第一世界里，不缺钱又有足够的能力，可我们对待老师仍然象对待三等公民，只付出了五等的薪水。

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Teachers may notice a problem first, and shouldn't single out kids who won't participate in class but encourage them through group activities, she advises.

老师们可能是最早发现问题的，不要把不上课的孩子孤立出来，而要通过小组活动来鼓励他们。

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In English class, I was always the first one to open my mouth, so my teachers always praised me for my good pronunciation, and my classmates also admired me for my courage.

在英语课上，我总是第一个开口说话的，所以老师总是称赞我的发音很好，我的同学们也很佩服我的勇气。

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Four teachers and the first class of eighty young women lived and studied in the building when the school opened.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Now, with these teachers -- listen, with these teachers, we will actually be able to reduce class size in the first, second and third grades to an average of 18 students a class all across America.

CNN: State Of The Union

Several education initiatives, including a call for more money to hire new teachers and build or renovate schools and limiting class sizes to 18 students for first, second and third grades.

CNN: AllPolitics

Until America puts the onus for education back onto the people where it belongs first on youth and their parents, and next on quality schools and good teachers the American middle class is doomed to remain stuck where it is.

FORBES: A "Generation of Sissies"