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Mr. Leyton isn't the only one teaching us stuff we can't really use. My Social Studies teacher is Mrs. Lackey, and this is her last year. So the only countries she teaches us about are the ones she's planning on visiting with her husband after she retires. And for our last homework assignment, she had us research which cruise ships have the best meal plans.

莱顿老师可不是唯一一个教我们没用东西的人。 我的社会学老师是拉基老师，今年是她教书的最后一年。 所以她只给我们讲她退休后打算和丈夫去游玩的国家。 上次的家庭作业，她还让我们查查哪艘游轮的餐食方案最好。

Some of our teachers don't even bother trying to teach us anything at all. Ms. Pritchard is supposed to be teaching us Geometry, but she uses her new smart board for stuff like helping her pick out which breed of puppy to get. A few of the teachers are doing their best, but us kids don't always make it easy for them. Mr. Rask tried teaching Science the regular way for half the year, but nobody seemed interested.

有些老师根本懒得教我们任何东西。 普里查德老师本来该教我们几何，可她把新智能白板用来挑选合适的狗狗品种。 确实有少数老师在尽力教书，但我们这些孩子不总配合他们。 拉斯克老师按常规方法教了半个学期科学课，可根本没人感兴趣。

So he switched to teaching about gross stuff. And even though it makes Science a lot more interesting, I don't think any of the information we're learning right now is gonna help us get into a good college later on. I wish I didn't know half the stuff I've learned in Mr. Rask's class. Because ever since we watched a video about the microscopic parasites living on our skin, I can't stop itching.

所以他改成教那些重口味内容了。 虽然这让科学课有意思多了，但我觉得我们现在学的这些，以后根本帮不了我们考好大学。 我真希望拉斯克课上学的内容有一半我从来都不知道。 自从我们看了皮肤上有微型寄生虫的视频后，我就一直忍不住发痒。

We don't even have an Algebra teacher anymore. Mrs. Kwan went on maternity leave back in October, and they never found a long-term sub to fill in for her. So during fourth period they just stick us in a computer lab and have us go on this math-game website, which is sponsored by a candy company. GOBSMASHERS Math! How many more Fruity Medley Gobsmashers™ can fit in Billy's mouth before he busts? A. 34 B. 37 C. 43 D. 54

我们现在连代数老师都没有了。 邝老师早在十月就休产假了，学校一直没找到长期代课老师顶替她。 所以第四节课我们就被安排在电脑房，让我们上一个糖果公司赞助的数学游戏网站。 砸糖怪数学！ 比利的嘴塞多少颗水果什锦砸糖™才会撑破？ A. 34 B. 37 C. 43 D. 54

Now everyone in my grade needs candy to do math, and when we took a standardized test last month, a bunch of kids brought packs of jelly beans and bubble gum to help them count. CHEW CHEW 43... 44... 45... SHAKE SHAKE I probably would've done a lot better on the test if I wasn't sitting behind a kid who went through an entire jar of Gobsmashers. It wasn't just the math section that was hard, though.

现在我们年级所有人做数学都离不开糖了，上个月标准化考试，好多孩子都带了软糖和泡泡糖来帮忙算数。 嚼啊嚼…四十三…四十四…四十五…摇啊摇 要是我没坐那个吃光一整罐砸糖的小孩后面，我本来能考得好得多。 不过难的可不只是数学部分而已。

The reading section had a bunch of essays, and the science section had questions about stuff we never covered in class. And there wasn't a single question about farts or burps. So when our school's test results came back, it wasn't a surprise that our scores were the lowest in the state. In fact, our scores were so bad we made the news. TEST SCORES PLUMMET MIDDLE SCHOOL'S PERFORMANCE NOSE-DIVES A lot of parents were pretty upset, including mine. And I guess the superintendent was under pressure to make big changes, because he fired our principal, Mrs. Mancy, and asked the old principal, Mr. Bottoms, to come out of retirement.

阅读部分有一大堆文章，科学部分考的全是我们课上没讲过的内容。 而且连一道关于放屁打嗝的题目都没有。 所以学校的考试成绩出来后，我们的分数是全州最低，一点都不意外。 实际上我们分数低到都上新闻了。 考试 成绩暴跌 中学表现直线跳水 许多家长都十分不满，我爸妈也不例外。 我猜学区总监迫于压力要做大改动，所以他辞退了原校长曼西夫人，请退休的老校长巴托姆先生出山。