It was her giggling that drew my attention．Note taking really wasn’t all that funny．
Walking over to the offender, I asked for the
21 ．Frozen, she refused to give it to me．I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet
22 between teacher and student．When she finally
23 it over she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it”.
It was a hand-drawn
24 of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth．I managed to fold it up calmly．My mind,
25 , was working angrily as I struggled not to
26 .
I figured I knew the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture．It would do them some
27 to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!
Thankfully, I was able to keep myself
28 .When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture．They were all silent as I told them how
29 this was for me．I told them there must be a reason
30 and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me．Then I let them write silently while I sniffed in the back of the classroom．
As I
31 the notes later, many of them said something like, “I’ve got nothing against you,” or “I’m sorry you were hurt．” Some kids said, “We’re
32 of you．” But two notes, from the girls who I
33 were behind the picture, had a list of issues．I was too
34 , too strict…
Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of
35 my students, I had begun commanding them to
36 ．Where I thought I was driving them to success I was
37 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
38 by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke．The one from the girls asked for
39 .
This was a lesson for both the kids and me．Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the
40 .
| 小題1: | | A．note | B．advice | C．reason | D．help |
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| 小題2: | | A．battle | B．competition | C．argument | D．conversation |
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| 小題3: | | A．took | B．thought | C．turned | D．handed |
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| 小題4: | | A．statue | B．graph | C．picture | D．poster |
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| 小題5: | | A．otherwise | B．however | C．therefore | D．besides |
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| 小題6: | | A．leave | B．cry | C．explain | D．argue |
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| 小題7: | | A．good | B．harm | C．favor | D．punishment |
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| 小題8: | | A．amused | B．controlled | C．uninterested | D．relaxed |
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| 小題9: | | A．meaningful | B．forgetful | C．regretful | D．hurtful |
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| 小題10: | | A．aside | B．above | C．beneath | D．behind |
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| 小題11: | | A．wrote | B．finished | C．read | D．collected |
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| 小題12: | | A．proud | B．fond | C．afraid | D．ashamed |
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| 小題13: | | A．figured | B．promised | C．concluded | D．confirmed |
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| 小題14: | | A．talkative | B．mean | C．clumsy | D．considerate |
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| 小題15: | | A．forcing | B．encouraging | C．comforting | D．teaching |
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| 小題16: | | A．appreciate | B．apologize | C．compromise | D．achieve |
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| 小題17: | | A．actually | B．normally | C．immediately | D．generally |
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| 小題18: | | A．decorated | B．offered | C．signed | D．bought |
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| 小題19: | | A．thankfulness | B．forgiveness | C．compensation | D．communication |
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| 小題20: | | A．friendship | B．education | C．knowledge | D．future |
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for breakfast, I had to have cereal, eggs and toast. Others had cakes and candy for lunch, while we had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess, my supper was different from the other kids’. But at least I was not alone in my suffering. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.
hers often become clearly defined when money enters the picture．You might have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends．But you’ll know him only when you ask to lend you some money．If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stranger than ever before．Or it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn’t．This person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it．
le to surf the Internet. By improving children's education they should help people to find their own solutions to their problems in the long term.
stone’, and that is always a good thing. 
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people in the developed countries
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