"I was raised on a small farm in southern Indiana and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers that you should never try to be better than someone else, always learn from others and never cease trying to be the best you could be, that is under your control."

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

So, at any rate, this seemed to me to be, when I started teaching this course, reasons not to teach it.

因此无论如何对我来说，当我开始教这门课的时候决定不说它的原因。

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So for me, Teach for America is an opportunity to actually align my actions with my thoughts and my hopes and be part of the change we all talk about wanting to see.

为美国而教“对我来说是一个,真正让我实现想法和希望的地方,参与实现我们都想见到的改变。

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