I was a high school student then, from low-income

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family．So I have to work to support my family．My

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first one job was to clean the tables in a small restaurant．

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I still remember going there early and felt anxious about

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the new world．I worked harder because I was afraid of

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losing the job．At night, I was sometimes very tired to do

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my homework．And I came to understand that was not

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easy to earn money, and that knowledges could change

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my life．So what I learned from the job, in a hard

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way, was much more important as what I earned．

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Welcomed to our English Corner．This Corner was set up four

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years ago．Since then many high school students joined in it．

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On every Sunday morning, students from different schools

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gather round here, some of them are college students and

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foreigners．We talk about everything we interested in．We also

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exchange our experiences in English study．We think we have

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learned many here．It is a real supplement to our English class

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and it is popular with students．But it is supported by parents

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and teachers．They all believe it is of great helpful to students．

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If you want to know more, you may talk to the students here．

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Rowena and Billy Wrangler are model high school

students．They study hard．They do extreme well in

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achievement tests．And next year, Rowena will attending

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Harvard University．Billy, her younger brother, hope to go

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to Cornell．That makes Rowena and Billy different from

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most students is that they don’t go to school．In fact,

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they’ve never been to school．Since a kindergarten, they

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have studied at home．Neither Rowena or Billy feels as if

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they have missed out on nothing by being taught at home．

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As many of the more than one million people who receive

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home schooling in the United States, they feel if they

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have gotten a good education．

Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop waited for

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a bus．By time I saw one coming around the corner, there

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was not enough time left to do the trip, so I gave it up

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and went back to the office．The same thing was happened on

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Tuesday and Wednesday．On Thursday, my luck changed,

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I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theater in exact

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twenty minutes．While I got there, however, I found a long line

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of people at the booking offices．I heard one man said he had

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been waiting in line for over an hour．Realizing I will not

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have enough time to wait in line, I caught up the next bus

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and headed back across the town．

Yesterday I went to hospital．I heard an old patient

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saying to the doctor angry, “We have been waiting here

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for a long time．Can’t you examine the patient in the

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right order?Why did you always deal with your friends

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at first?” What I saw and heard made me feel bad．As

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we know, respecting and love the old is traditional

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virtue of our culture．All the people serve the public

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should provide with a good service．In my opinion,

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everyone will grow old．None of us will be health

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forever．The old should be given special consideration,

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respect and kindness．

The day before the speech contest(比赛)English teacher

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talked to me．She said that she and my schoolmate all

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wished me success, but it didn’t matter that I would

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win or not．When I was on the stage the next day, I felt so

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nervous as I shook like a leaf．There were so many people

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present!Suddenly, I caught a sight of my English teacher in

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the crowd．She was smiling but nodding at me．I remembered

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her words and calm down, I did a good job and won the first

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prize．Now my picture and the prize is hanging in the library．

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Whenever I see it I will often think of my English teacher．

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