Frank McCourt - Early in my teaching days, the kids asked me the meaning of a poem. I replied, '...

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Early in my teaching days, the kids asked me the meaning of a poem. I replied, 'I don't know any more than you do. I have ideas. What are your ideas?' I realized then that we're all in the same boat. What does anybody know?

Frank McCourt

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Zu Beginn meiner Unterrichtszeit fragten mich die Kinder, was ein Gedicht bedeutet. Ich antwortete: Ich weiß nicht mehr als Sie. Ich habe ideen Was sind deine Ideen? Mir wurde klar, dass wir alle im selben Boot sitzen. Was weiß jemand?

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