At 16, she graduated first in her high school class, went on to secretarial school and finally worked as an executive secretary for a rare wood company.

她16岁时以高中班第一名的成绩毕业，进入了文秘学校，最后在一家稀有木材公司做行政秘书。

WHEN HILDA SOLIS was at high school, a male career adviser told her mother that the girl was not college material; she should consider becoming a secretary.

当希尔达·索利斯(Hilda Solis)上中学的时候，一位男职业顾问告诉她的母亲，说这个女孩不是上大学的料，她可以考虑胜任助理类工作。

What can a high school graduate do? You don't want to be a secretary all your life!

一个中学毕业生能干什么？你总不要一辈子当个秘书吧！

And so is this point from Arne Duncan, the secretary of education: "Currently about one-fourth of ninth graders fail to graduate high school within four years."

教育秘书长阿恩邓肯也这样认为，他说：“现在有四分之一左右的学生用四年时间却不能从高中毕业。”