It was fine, but nothing stellar----until he got the art room and the teacher began raving about how creative his son was, pointing out his sketches that she'd displayed as models for other students.

多数老师都说孩子不错，但没有提到什么特别出色的表现——直到他来到美术教室，那里的老师一边指着他儿子的作品（摆在那里供其他孩子学习），一边热情洋溢地夸奖他的儿子多么富有创造性。

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" The teacher said, pointing to Xu Xin: "see you squeeze a seat so many people! "

老师指着许鑫说：“看你们挤的，一个位子坐那么多人！”

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The classroom, which looks like it was lifted from a mid-20th century film set, has authentic children's desks, a blackboard and a wooden teacher's pointing rod.

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