The students were happy to be taught, and we, their teachers, were happy to be teaching them.

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We found no hotel, but the town teachers' rest house was happy to put us up.

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Part of the savings could then be used to give the top teachers a raise. ( In a 2008 survey funded by the Gates Foundation, 83 percent of teachers said they would be happy to teach more students for more pay.) The rest of the savings could go toward improving teacher support and evaluation systems, to help more teachers become great.

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Teachers and others are not strike happy people.

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"I've listened to the criticisms and I've spoken to experienced recital teachers and they're more than happy to teach the poem to their children, " said Ms Eirian.

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Teachers, at the very least, will be happy about that.

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Although many teachers seem dissatisfied with the government's achievements, they appear generally very happy with their jobs.

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