Translation of Niveau

Last weekend some friends of mine and I took a trip to the North-West of Massachussets to see the leaves which have changed their colors. All over the world people talk about the autumn in Boston.
Every school has some narrow minded teachers who are not willing in investing in progressive educational process. They do not grasp that schooling methods today are different from last century's methods.
Usually I do not care too much about not getting change, but when you pay a 3 dollar ride with 50 dollars, you do actually expect change. We stood there for a while and neither of us knew what to do.