One day, a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.
That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about him or her. On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling.
"Really?" she heard whispers. "I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!" and, "I didn't know others liked me so much," were what she heard the most.
No one ever mentioned those sheets of paper in class again. The teacher never found out if they discussed about them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another. Then they graduated.
Several years later, one of the students was killed in Vietnam and his teacher attended the funeral. She had never seen a service man in a military coffin(棺材)before. He looked so handsome and so mature. The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin.
As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pall-bearer(抬棺者)came up to her. "Were you Mark's math teacher?" he asked. She nodded. "Yes." Then he said. "Mark talked about you a lot."
After the funeral, Mark's former classmates went together to dinner. Everybody was still immersed in great grief, mourning for the loss of their beloved friend. Mark's mother and father were also there, wanting to speak to his teacher.
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"We want to show you something," his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket.
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All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around.
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