Well, French schoolteachers still have this wonderful signature

至今法国老师签名仍然是华丽的花体字
that my kids who write terribly,

而我的孩子们写字很难看
have terrible signatures, like mine, were never able to pick up.

像我的字一样我的孩子学不会花体字
But that tells you something

从这里我们可以看出
because he has--he's supposed to get a minimum salary

老师是有最低工资的
of two hundred francs, which is virtually nothing;

200法郎很微薄的工资
some people are paying him in asparaguses,

有的人用芦笋当工资补贴他
depending on--or in endives

或者菊苣菜
or in apples, or not paying at all.

或者苹果或者根本不给他补贴
Families that were too poor were exonerated

太穷困的家庭可以免去学费
from having to pay anything.

不用花一分钱
And he's just barely scraping by.

老师只能勉强过日子