It used to be that a paper route or an after-school job at the local grocer was viewed as a rite of passage for young people.

过去对年轻人来说，找一份送报纸的兼职或者放学后前往本地杂货店打工，往往被视为人生必经阶段。

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If you went to the wrong school, you won't get the job.

如果你上了一个不被认可的学校，你就会找不到工作。

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The school sees its job as preparing students to make a contribution to society.

这所学校以培养能为社会做贡献的学生为己任。

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Norman's family urged him to continue his studies at a time when many farm boys left school to find a job.

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But, you know, I know someone who was a teacher in a Chicago public school for decades and lost his job, teaching math to high school kids, because he is gay.

我认识一个任职于,一所芝加哥公立学校几十年的老教师,被解雇了，他在高中教数学，仅仅是因为他是同性恋。

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and they do not necessarily want the job that comes from the school that they're going to get that.

他们可能并不喜欢法学院给他们带来的工作前景。

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At my last school job, the students were typing papers on iMacs that were six years old.

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By the age of 11, he had already settled on his future career when he took an after-school job at a tailor's.

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Either way, I started figuring out that if I wanted something, I would have to go after it, whether that was an after-school job or leadership positions at my school.

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