He was revolutionary in widening the subjects considered acceptable for children's books.

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I only give, I don't know, about 10% or 20% for getting the right number in a computation. I tell my graders, if the student demonstrates minimal acceptable proficiency that student has to get a passing score.

我只是给，我不知道，10%或者20%的随机概率得到合适的数字,我告诉我的学生们，如果有人想证明,最小可接受的熟练,就是学生们得到一个及格的分数。

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Well, not now My death can't be bad for me now I'm not dead But it's not 100% clear that the other alternative isn't acceptable "? Why not say,"My death is bad for me when I'm dead"?

至少不是现在,死亡现在对我来说没有坏处,我又没死,但另一种情况我们也不能百分百,确定是不可接受的,为什么不能说，“死亡在我死的时候对我来说是有坏处的？

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