One Thursday afternoon, when I was in Grade 9, a new boy came into my classroom.

我上九年级时一个星期四的下午，一个新来的男孩走进了我的教室。

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There's a computer and a big white board in my classroom.

在我的教室里有一台电脑和一个大的白板。

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At the beginning of the school year, I had an idea—what if my students use a classroom garden to grow vegetables for our school lunches?

开学之初，我有一个想法——如果我的学生们用一间教室菜园来为学校的午餐种蔬菜会怎么样？

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The experience of working for my MBA in a classroom with people of various ethnicities, cultures and religions not only developed multicultural business skills, but enabled me to attain a better understanding of what we are as human beings, that is a major benefit.

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Now, as a teacher in my eighth year in the classroom, I consider every day that I go to work a privilege.

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Oh, and if you want to know how effective I am as a teacher, here is a simple metric- walk into my classroom and sit down for an hour or so.

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