The state's high schools remain an educational backwater where dropout rates are rising.该州的高中仍旧是教育封闭落后之所,辍学率在上升。
I came up this backwater to try and get a moment's peace, and then stumble upon you fellows!我来到这水河汊,想要得到片刻的安宁,却偶遇了你们这些家伙!