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学校
Schools
The problem I have with schools is, people are taught, 'This is how you do this.' They're not taught about why you do this.
我在学校遇到的问题是，人们被教导说，‘这就是你做这件事的方式。他们不知道你为什么要这么做。
I wanted to find ways for colleges and universities to become involved with public schools to help young people prepare for college.
我想找到让学院和大学参与公立学校的方式，帮助年轻人为上大学做准备。
As I see it, the debate between summer vacation vs. year-round school glosses over the most important questions. Namely, how can we bring play back to our nation's schools?
在我看来，暑假和全年制学校之间的争论掩盖了最重要的问题。也就是说，我们如何才能把玩耍带回我们国家的学校?
A big part of the problem that we face today is that our children have been taught at schools that every idea is right, that no one should criticize others' positions, no matter how odious.
我们今天面临的一个很大的问题是，我们的孩子在学校接受的教育是，每一个想法都是正确的，没有人应该批评别人的立场，无论多么可恶。
Schools and parents can team up to find books that kids will really get excited about - that will make them say, 'That was a great experience. Now I know why people get excited about reading.'
学校和家长可以联合起来寻找孩子们真正感兴趣的书——这会让他们说，‘这是一次很棒的经历。现在我知道为什么人们对阅读感到兴奋了。”
It's such a stress always trying to get bigger houses and larger cars and better schools. Of course, parents want to give their children the best opportunities in life, but sometimes that can stifle them.
总是试图得到更大的房子、更大的汽车和更好的学校，这是一个如此大的压力。当然，父母想给他们的孩子生活中最好的机会，但有时这可能会扼杀他们。
We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.
我们有义务和责任对我们的学生和学校进行投资。我们必须确保那些有成绩、有愿望、有意愿，但没有钱的人仍然能够得到最好的教育。
There have been some medical schools in which somewhere along the assembly line, a faculty member has informed the students, not so much by what he said but by what he did, that there is an intimate relation between curing and caring.
在一些医学院，在流水线上的某个地方，一位教员告诉学生，治疗和关怀之间有着密切的关系，与其说是他说了什么，不如说是他做了什么。
I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just came out. I played percussion for a while, and stayed after school forever just tinkering around with different things, the clarinets and the violins.
我加入了学校乐队和学校合唱团。这一切对我来说都是沉重的打击，所有的东西都冒了出来。我打了一段时间的打击乐，放学后就一直呆在家里，摆弄着不同的乐器，单簧管和小提琴。
Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by the third grade, they know they're behind.
我们经常采取行动——要求我们的学校成为逃学官员，要求我们的老师成为逃学官员，因为我们给他们的孩子，你知道，他们还没有准备好学习。如果他们在三年级时还没有准备好学习，他们就知道自己落后了。
It's been all over the press, and schools are deciding to shut it down. We released a public announcement saying that we had some potential solutions that we were working with, and once we had something concrete we would start implementing it and approach schools.
这件事已经见诸报端，学校决定关闭它。我们发布了一份公开声明，称我们正在研究一些潜在的解决方案，一旦我们有了具体的方案，我们就会开始实施，并与学校联系。
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I'd go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare, and my mom never ever worked.
我一年要上六所不同的学校。我们靠救济生活，而我妈妈从来没有工作过。
The training of the schools should be extended to the heart as well as the mind and hand.
学校的培养不仅要深入人心，更要深入人心、深入人心。
There is a lot going on in high schools, and I think what we portray is fairly accurate.
高中里发生了很多事情，我认为我们描述的相当准确。
I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.
我自己上的是公立学校。他们对我很好。
Right now many schools have no recess. Most schools have no PE.
现在许多学校没有休息时间。大多数学校没有体育课。
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
学校已经不是以前的样子了，从来都不是。