One afternoon while I was talking to a professor, my two-year-old daughter Melissa, wandered into a nearby classroom. There was a math class in progress and, to my dismay, Melissa sat down in the front row.

 

When I went in to get her, the instructor¹ stopped me. "Young lady," he said, "I have been teaching calculus² at this college for over 20 years. Not once in that time has anyone come to my class just because he or she wanted to. The child may stay."

 

一天下午，在我和一位教授说话的时候，我两岁的女儿玛丽莎转到了附近的一个教室里。那儿正在上数学课。更糟的是玛丽莎还居然坐在了前排的座位上。

 

当我走进去想把她抱出来时，上课的教授拦住了我。她说：“这位女士，我在这所大学里已经教了20多年的微积分。在这期间从未有人是出于自愿来到我的课堂，这个孩子可以呆在这里。”

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