Failing in something isn’t a really nice feeling. But Scotland’s Fettes College in Edinburgh wants to show its students that ________ is not something to fear and is actually something to ________ !

From this year on, the boarding school has been ________ the “Failure Week” to celebrate taking risks and learning from failure. Whether it is in sports or at school, children often face a lot of ________ to succeed and do well, and the school is becoming ________ about them.

“Young people from all walks of life live in a high-pressure environment where they are ________ efforts to achieve a level of being ________ ,” said Sue Bruce, head of personal and social education at the school. “This week at Fettes we have been focusing on one of the most misunderstood ingredients of ________----failure. While we are often ________of failure, it is important to learn that it is only ________failing, often many times, that we learn how to succeed. Through the week, we have looked at the ________of some of the most successful inventors and artists, who failed hundreds, if not thousands, of times in their ________ to success.”

To ________failure, students were encouraged to try something they had been ________ to do before, like playing an instrument or juggling in front of an audience. A number of students ________ and tried things that they finally failed in, but they had fun and ________ the experience.

Students also ________ about famous people like J. K. Rowling and Richard Branson who failed many times ________ they achieved what they had set out to do. “Don’t let failure stop you. Thomas Edison had failed many times before taking his inventions to the ________ , which people were eager to buy. If you let the fear of failure stop you from doing something, you are ________ stopping yourselves from learning, developing, and potentially succeeding,” said Bruce.

On Thursday, Bessemer City High School held its annual graduation ceremony (仪式). Dominque Moore (Dom) was one of the _________ in charge of organizing the event. After the ceremony had ended, Dom was _________ after the event.

Nearly everybody had left to celebrate with friends and family, but one young man was still sitting there _________ himself.

Dom _________ that someone would show up finally to give the graduate a ride home. But nobody did. When Dom _________ to drive him, neither of the two had any _________ that this was to be more than just a ride home.

The teacher decided to take him out to _________— at any restaurant of his choice. They _________ at the Cheesecake Factory, and _________ a big meal to celebrate the graduation.

At first, the two were fighting back tears. But before long, they were having a happy time together. Dom never __________ why the boy’s family did not attend the ceremony. What was __________ to him was that the young man felt appreciated for what he had got.

Later that evening, Dom took to Facebook to share a photo and some __________ on the event. He says that he doesn’t __________ post about these situations, but that something inside urged him to share this experience. And he shared his account in the post for anyone who may want to __________ this young man.

Before long, generous people had sent more than $5,000 to help him. Dom hopes that the story will give hope to those who are __________.

My son “graduated” from elementary school this week. I put the word in quotations (引语) because as a rising 6th grader, he wasn’t receiving a ______ — and because the school used a ______ term to describe the special occasion. On reflection, the school’s term felt even more ______ than the traditional name of the ______ of one stage of a person’s education: they called it Moving On.

At the Moving On Ceremony, each member of the 5th grade class ______ one sentence of reflection on what they were thankful for or would ______ about their primary school years. One ______ words caught my attention — he said he was ______ for what he called “a step on the ladder”. I was really ______ by this 11-year-old’s ability to summarize the emotional heart of the “moving on” moment. That was totally beyond my imagination.

Growing up is the work of a ______ — a ladder that has no top. And the gift of a “moving on” moment is that we get to celebrate the firm foothold (立足点) we’ve gained on our ______ step, even as we reach upward toward the next. We get to ______— not beyond what we’ve learned and accomplished so far, ______ because we are able to build on today’s experiences to move ahead toward tomorrow.

We look forward to our son ______ more graduations in his lifetime. But perhaps more than that, we pray that he will have the ability to recognize many “moving on” moments to celebrate and enjoy with ______.