Insist on the essentials, such as school work.

上了中学，也常有学校来信说他没交作业。

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Your free time got eaten up by obligations (such as meetings, work/school assignments, “voluntary” commitments/overtime)?

你的闲暇时间被责任大口吞掉（开会啊，工作/学校的任务，“自愿的”工作/加班）？

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I think that if they had spent more time engaged in activities outside of school and family such as doing volunteer work, they would feel very differently.

我认为，如果他们更多地参与到诸如志愿工作等校外及家庭外的活动中，他们会有非常不同的感受。

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We do see multitudes of youth taking part in causes, such as leaving school and work to volunteer in aid of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake victims, or volunteering to support the 2008 Beijing Olympics or the 2010 Shanghai Expo.

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And while the rest of the party limited itself to discussing petty matters such as health care or the federal budget, Newt's plans ranged from getting school kids to work as janitors to building mines on the moon.

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Others such as Sam Gandy from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine think amyloid drugs will eventually work.

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