I never wanted to go to kindergarten, or leave home at all. I spent my first five years within the loving arms of my family, and when the time came for me to begin school at PS116 in Brooklyn, I was sure that no one would keep me safe. But I was so lucky to meet Mrs. Heyman. Not only did she make me feel safe, she let me know that I was special.
Kindergarten was a fearful experience for me. I was a shy child who hated being separated from my mommy. Mrs. Heyman was a kind and patient teacher who tried to get me to stop crying each morning after I asked for one last kiss.
She would distract me with pens and colorful paper and by playing beautiful music. It seemed the feeling of being an artist distracted me from my separation unhappiness, allowing me to attend class as the tears ran down my face. I also loved to sing and dance, and performed the Virginia reel-a kind of dance—when the principal. Mr. Barton, visited our class.
Mr. Barton was an old, serious man who liked to walk behind children who behaved badly and shout, “Behave!” I was afraid of being shouted at by him, and practiced the dance with my classmates until Mrs. Heyman told us we were perfect.
Unluckily, I was so nervous before Mr. Barton’s visit that I wet myself. Mrs. Heyman calmly took me to the bathroom and told me to change into new clothes, drying my tears all the while, never showing judgement.
As I performed, Mr. Barton cheered. Pleased, I bravely stepped up to the front of the classroom and threw kisses in Mrs. Heyman’s direction.
I was lucky to have her again for the first grade and learned to love school and learning. She was right about living my life without long-lasting attention from my mommy.
【小题1】What was the author’s life like before he went to kindergarten?A.Busy | B.Happy | C.Lonely | D.Unsafe |
A.By letting him do art. | B.By giving him a kiss. |
C.By dancing with him. | D.By inviting his mother to school. |
A.He got himself in a mess. | B.He received ill-treatment. |
C.He failed to find his new clothes. | D.He visited the bathroom many times. |
When I was in primary school, I was actually a little shy. One thing that really frightened me was speaking in front of many people, whether strangers or acquaintances (熟人). It was my sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Bamick, who helped me get past that. That year we had to make four oral (口头的) book reports in front of the class. Some of the kids were even glad to do it, but I was scared to death. Mr. Bamick recognized my fear, so be told me to do a report on a book that was about something that really interested me. So I did the first report on baseball.
When it came time for me to present it to the class, Mr. Bamick cut me some slack and let me read the report rather than give it from memory. Some of my classmates laughed at me, but Mr. Bamick defended (为……辩解) me. By the end of the year I had completed all four of the oral book reports. It wasn’t easy or comfortable for me, but I did it.
Years later I realized that Mr. Bamick did me a great favor in sixth grade. One of the chances I got when I won a tennis tournament (锦标赛) was to make comments to the fans who attended the match. Some of those were carried live on television and all of them were before thousands of people. It was still not one of my favorite things to do, but, with Mr. Bamick’s help, I got through it from time to time. Before long, I was asked to bring my favorite childhood teacher to a national event in Dallas. 1 was excited when Mr. Bamick joined me for the event. It meant a lot to me that he was there.
Mr. Bamick believed in me and helped me to believe in myself. It was he who helped me build the person I became.
【小题1】In what aspect (方面) did Mr. Bamick help the writer?A.Improving her learning skills. |
B.Encouraging her to read more books. |
C.Winning her classmates’ recognition. |
D.Overcoming her fear of public speaking. |
A.Played a funny joke on the writer. |
B.Gave the writer a feeling of pride. |
C.Made the task a little easier for the writer. |
D.Asked the writer to take part in a competition. |
A.She was a tennis player. |
B.She wanted to be a teacher. |
C.She liked public speaking best. |
D.She enjoyed commenting on books. |
A.Strict. | B.Curious. |
C.Encouraging. | D.Frightening. |
Adolescents refer to boys and girls at high-school level-more specifically the second, third and forth years of high schools. In dealing with students at this level, we must bear in mind that to some degree they are at the difficult stage, generally called adolescence.
Students at this level are likely to be confused mentally. They usually find it hard to concentrate on what they intend to do and often have romantic dreams.
Regarding school issues, although they seldom say so, they really want to be consulted and given an opportunity to direct their own affairs, but they need a good amount of guidance. They seldom admit that they need this guidance and they frequently rebel against it. But if it its intelligently offered they accept it with enthusiasm. As to personal beliefs, most of adolescents are trying to form political ideals and they have a tendency to be sometimes extremely idealistic, and at other times conventional, blindly accepting what their fathers and grandfathers believed in.
A.The critical abilities are beginning. |
B.Their view on life usually falls on two extremes. |
C.Of all periods of life, this is what may best be called the“plastic age”. |
D.They are basically timid or self-conscious. |
E.Despite that, it is also in this periods that strong ties between teachers and students develop. |
F.Fundamentally they want to be kept busy but they refuse to admit it. |
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