It was her laughing that drew my attention. Note taking really wasn’t all that funny.
Walking over to the offender (someone that does something wrong), I asked for the
36 . Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet
37 between teacher and student. When she finally
38 it over she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it.”
It was a hand-drawn
39 of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth.
I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind,
40 , was working angrily as I struggled not to
41 . I figured I knew the two students who were most likely to draw the picture. It would do them some
42 to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!
Thankfully, I was able to keep myself
43 .
When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how
44 this was for me. I told them there must be a reason
45 and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently while I sniffled(抽鼻子) in the back of the classroom.
As I
46 the notes later, many of them said something like, “I’ve got nothing against you,” or “I’m sorry you were hurt.” A number of them said, “You give us too much homework.” Some kids said, “We’re
47 of you.” But two notes, from the girls who I
48 were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too
49 , too strict…
Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of
50 my students, I had begun commanding them to
51 . Where I thought I was driving them to success I was
52 driving them away.
I had some apologizing to do. But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one
53 by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for
54 .
This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the
55 .
| 小題1: | | A．help | B．a(chǎn)dvice | C．reason | D．note |
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| 小題2: | | A．conversation | B．match | C．a(chǎn)rgument | D．battle |
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| 小題3: | | A．took | B．handed | C．turned | D．thought |
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| 小題4: | | A．statue | B．card | C．poster | D．picture |
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| 小題5: | | A．however | B．otherwise | C．therefore | D．besides |
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| 小題6: | | A．leave | B．explain | C．a(chǎn)rgue | D．cry |
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| 小題7: | | A．favor | B．harm | C．good | D．punishment |
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| 小題8: | | A．controlled | B．a(chǎn)mused | C．uninterested | D．relaxed |
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| 小題9: | | A．meaningful | B．hurtful | C．regretful | D．forgetful |
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| 小題10: | | A．a(chǎn)side | B．behind | C．below | D．a(chǎn)bove |
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| 小題11: | | A．read | B．finished | C．wrote | D．collected |
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| 小題12: | | A．proud | B．fond | C．a(chǎn)fraid | D．a(chǎn)shamed |
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| 小題13: | | A．figured | B．promised | C．concluded | D．doubted |
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| 小題14: | | A．talkative | B．thoughtful | C．kind | D．mean |
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| 小題15: | | A．forcing | B．teaching | C．comforting | D．encouraging |
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| 小題16: | | A．a(chǎn)chieve | B．a(chǎn)pologize | C．fail | D．a(chǎn)ppreciate |
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| 小題17: | | A．normally | B．a(chǎn)ctually | C．immediately | D．generally |
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| 小題18: | | A．signed | B．offered | C．drawn | D．bought |
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| 小題19: | | A．thankfulness | B．pity | C．forgiveness | D．communication |
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| 小題20: | | A．friendship | B．future | C．knowledge | D．education |
|
, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough. Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.