Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT.
8.你所在的学校也许已经不再分优等生和劣等生,但生活却并不如此。在某些学校已经没有了“不及格”的概念,
In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
学校会不断地给你机会让你进步,然而现实生活完全不是这样。