In order to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Luodong Central Primary School held a series of activities of "I am forging ahead with the motherland", and the students in the class of five years participated in the poetry recitation. In order to prevent everyone from being blocked by the students in front, starting from the second row, each row has one more person than the previous row. There are 8 people standing in the first row, and there are 4 rows in total. How many students in the class of five years participated in the poetry recitation?
为庆祝建国六十周年，罗东中心小学举行了"我与祖国共奋进"系列活动，五年一班同学参加了诗歌朗诵．为了让每一个人都不被前面的同学挡住，从第二排起，每一排都比前一排多站1人．第一排站了8人，共站了4排，五年一班同学参加诗歌朗诵共有多少人？
<gadget id="calculator">4 - 1</gadget>
<output>3</output>

<gadget id="calculator">3 * 1</gadget>
<output>3</output>

<gadget id="calculator">8 + 8 + 3</gadget>
<output>19</output>

<gadget id="calculator">4 / 2</gadget>
<output>2</output>

<gadget id="calculator">19 * 2</gadget>
<output>38</output>

<result>38</result>