| Teacher 1 | I'm not sure how to tackle this class. Some can talk English freely, but others have trouble talking at all. |
| Teacher 2 | Will it be possible to stream them into high and low ability groups? Then everyone would be better off. |
| Teacher 1 | You are right of course, but I don't think it is socially possible here. Students feel dumb in a beginner class. |
| Teacher 2 | That's silly. I must be really dumb because my Chinese is terrible. What if you run two levels in one classroom? |
| Teacher 1 | I would prefer to do that, but they all have to do the same exam. I can't make things too different for different students. |
| Teacher 2 | It's not a perfect world. I guess we have to teach some hard stuff and some easy stuff. Then we can please some of the students some of the time. |
| Teacher 1 | That sounds like life, doesn't it? Who ever had perfect parents, perfect friends, and a perfect job? Maybe a perfect world would be boring too ! |
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