Children in a primary school class in northern England had 13 teachers in just 14 weeks, reflecting countrywide staff shortages, the mass circulation Sun tabloid reported. The front page report followed a stream of criticism of Britain's ruling Labor party for its failure to improve the country's aging railway network and its health service. The Sun quoted furious parents of children at High Greave Junior School. "It has been musical chairs," father Ian Brinton said. His daughter Rebecca, 8, said she could only remember the names of six out of the 13 teachers. In an editorial, the newspaper criticized the government for creating only the appearance of action on improving public services. "How much substance is beneath it all remains to be seen,"it said. "People want action not words. Reality does not match up to Blair's rhetoric."

　　据发行量巨大的小报《太阳报》报道，英格兰北部某小学的一个班级在14周里换了13个老师，反映了英国全国性的教师短缺现象。《太阳报》的这篇头版报道紧跟在一系列指责执政党工党未能改善英国的老化的铁路系统以及公共医疗卫生服务的报道之后。报纸援引了愤怒的海格里夫小学学生家长的话。“这简直成了抢座位游戏，”一名学生的父亲伊安·布林顿说。他8岁的女儿丽贝卡说她只记得13个老师中6个的名字。《太阳报》在社论中抨击政府徒具改善公共服务的姿态。“这种姿态下面有多少真东西还是未知数，”报纸说。“人们要的是行动而不是空话。现实并不像布莱尔的花言巧语那样美好。”

　　Remarks：按照杜甫诗句“转益多师是汝师”的意思，这些孩子们应该受益非浅；可是更迭如走马灯的老师恐怕只能让孩子们迷惑，谈不到什么“解惑”了。