Supporters of the code, more than a decade in the making, praised it as enhancing the rights of women and girls, who they say have been traditionally viewed as second-class citizens.

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Second reason we don't want over-qualified students in the class, it sounds a little nasty, but the second reason is, an over-qualified student, somebody who's, I don't know, programmed for Google for the last five years, is going to have an easy time in this course, but we don't want such a student accidentally intimidating the rest of you.

我们不希望高水平的学生来听课,还有一个原因，虽然听起来，有一点儿令人不快，但是第二个原因是，我们不希望，某位我不知道的高手，在为谷歌编写了五年的程序之后，很轻松地上这门课，从而使得周围同学,感到威胁。

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