Efforts to strengthen math and science education come at a time when 15-year-old U.S.students rank 25th in math literacy and 30th in science literacy -- among the 57 countries participating in the Program for International Student Assessment.

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And response back is "Well, yes, we had people at the table, but they were Oxford educated and they didn't represent the rank-and-file people in my culture."

而他们得到的回应是,“是的，的确如此，可是那些人读的可是牛津大学,他们并不能代表,我们的普通民众“

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He maintains further the titles of nobility are of value only for the benefits they confer on those of lesser rank or they're not useful at all.

对于贵族头衔,他认为只有在依据头衔划分利益时,它才具有真实的价值,否则再高的头衔也是一无是处。

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