Rather than thinking of a teacher necessarily, one can think of an individual acts more like a mentor or coach in certain settings.

不必要一定要有个老师，你可以想成一个人在某个领域,作为指导者或是教练。

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I can remember in high school. I had a really forward thinking English teacher

我记得在高中，我有一个思想很前卫的英语老师。

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While being a coach does not carry tenure, like being a teacher, surely the Steubenville schools are thinking they would open themselves up to a lawsuit by firing a coach who has amassed a 311-59 record over 30 years ( the winningest active high school football coach in the state of Ohio) with no known, previous blemishes on his reputation.

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She's a 32-year-old teacher in Austin, Texas, married and thinking about starting a family.

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Its head teacher, Richard Cairns, says he is thinking of expanding.

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