It was her giggling that draw my attention. Note taking really wasn’t all that funny.
Walking over to the offender, I asked for the
46 . Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet
47 between teacher and student. When she finally
48 it over she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it.”
It was a hand-drawn
49 of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth.
I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind,
50 , was working angrily as I struggled not to
51 . I figured I knew the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture. It would do them some
52 to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!
Thankfully, I was able to keep myself
53 .
When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how
54 this was for me. I told them there must be a reason behind and now was their
55 to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently
56 I sniffed in the back of the classroom.
As I
57 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 afraid of you.” But two notes, from the girls who I
58 were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too
59 , too strict …
Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of
60 my student, I had begun commanding them to
61 . Where I thought I was driving them to success I was
62 driving them away.
I had some apology to do. But the next day I the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one
63 by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for
64 .
This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the
65 .
| 小题1: | | A．note | B．advice | C．reason | D．help |
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| 小题2: | | A．battle | B．competition | C．argument | D．conversation |
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| 小题3: | | A．took | B．passed | C．turned | D．handed |
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| 小题4: | | A．statue | B．graph | C．picture | D．poster |
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| 小题5: | | A．otherwise | B．however | C．therefore | D．besides |
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| 小题6: | | A．leave | B．cry | C．explain | D．argue |
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| 小题7: | | A．good | B．harm | C．favor | D．punishment |
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| 小题8: | | A．amused | B．controlled | C．uninterested | D．relaxed |
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| 小题9: | | A．meaningful | B．forgetful | C．regretful | D．hurtful |
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| 小题10: | | A．turn | B．chance | C．honour | D．attempt |
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| 小题11: | | A．when | B．before | C．after | D．while |
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| 小题12: | | A．wrote | B．finished | C．read | D．collected |
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| 小题13: | | A．figured | B．promised | C．concluded | D．confirmed |
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小题14:.
| A．talkative | B．mean | C．secure | D．terrible |
| 小题15: | | A．forcing | B．encouraging | C．comforting | D．teaching |
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小题16:.
| A．appreciate | B．apologize | C．master | D．achieve |
| 小题17: | | A．actually | B．normally | C．immediately | D．generally |
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| 小题18: | | A．decorated | B．offered | C．signed | D．bought |
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| 小题19: | | A．thankfulness | B．forgiveness | C．communication | D．happiness |
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| 小题20: | | A．friendship | B．education | C．knowledge | D．future |
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