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“Sixteen,” I said．I have forgotten the math question my second-grade teacher, Joyce Cooper asked that day, but I will never forget my 1 ．As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started 2 ．I felt like the silliest person in the world．
Mrs Cooper fixed them with a firm(严格的)look．Then she said：“We're all here to 3 ．”
Another time, Mrs Cooper asked us to write a 4 about what we hoped to do with our lives．I wrote：“I want to be a 5 like Mrs Cooper．”
She wrote on my report, “You would make an outstanding(杰出的)teacher 6 you are determined(坚定的)and you try hard．” I was to carry those 7 in my heart for the next 27 years．
After I graduated from high school, I got married and had children．
We needed every penny just to get by．College-and teaching-was out of the question．
Then one day I thought of my 8 of how I wanted to help children．I talked it over with my family and 9 to attend college classes in the mornings before work．And when I got home from work, I would 10 ．Finally after seven years, my dream had been realized and I became a teacher．
Not long after I started 11 , something happened that brought the 12 rushing back to me．I had written a sentence with grammatical(语法的)mistakes on the blackboard．Then I asked students to come and 13 the mistakes．
One girl got halfway through, became confused(迷乱的)and stopped．As the other children laughed, 14 rolled down her face．I gave her a hug and told her to get a drink of water．Then, remembering Mrs Cooper, I fixed 15 of the class with a firm look．“We're all here to learn,” I said．
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