When I became a junior school student, I decided to take Latin (拉丁语) at school. I felt much _________ about taking that class, and I was fully expecting to be able to understand every word I’d ever _________ once I learned Latin.

But Latin classes were so _________. Each day, the teacher Mr. Keady would ask us to open our books and recite aloud the various Latin forms of words. Thus it became the daily _________. That went on until I _________ my hand one afternoon when we were asked yet again to open our books.

When Mr. Keady asked what was wrong, I _________ why I thought that his class was boring how I had _________ more, and that his method of teaching was _________. When I finished speaking, I _________ Mr. Keady would angrily send me to the head teacher. But it turned out that he didn’t do so.

__________, he sat at his desk quietly, looking __________ and tired. After several moments of __________ Mr. Keady spoke. He quietly and strongly said that he would think carefully about what I’d said. And that was it.

In the following weeks, Latin class didn’t become the exciting learning environment I hoped it would, but Mr. Keady did try harder. He __________ some new worksheets and __________ to make us students take part more in his classes.

Maybe some people would __________ what I did but even so many years later, I feel bad about it. If I saw him now, I’d tell him how I __________ what I’d done that day in class, and that I was disrespectful. And at the same time, I’d also tell him that he taught me a wonderful __________ that day. Following my __________ words, he showed me that being hurt doesn’t mean you have to give away your dignity (尊严). __________, Mr. Keady’s response __________ that no matter how hurt you feel, no one can take away your dignity.

I had never been away from home, at least not for more than three days, much less two whole weeks. When I got the chance to go to Journalism Camp, I was ____. What if I had to go home during camp time because I wouldn’t be able to ____? What if my roommate and I didn’t____? What if I didn’t know how to use a washing machine?

Well, after the first night, nearly all of my____were answered. The students were amazing, and my roommate was____. She always listened to me patiently! The two weeks nearly flew by, and I learned to take____for myself: washing clothes, cleaning and allocating (分配) my weekly pocket money to____it for all meals.

However, in the process I didn’t realize how____I had become to the routine of waking up early, running to get to the newsroom in time, and coming back to a waiting room. On the last day, I couldn’t get myself to____in my room keys. It couldn’t be over. I become emotionally tied really easily, and it was____for me to pull away. I couldn’t ____away my tears.Returning home, I was in the state of ____for a few days. I kept to myself, sleeping through most of the day so I wouldn’t have time to look back.

This was my ____. Yet I needed to get adjusted to life at home again. I had to learn to ____that the camp was over and that not all things ____ forever. I could still keep in touch with my new friends and look forward to other experiences I will have.

“What are you doing?” my fifth-grade teacher asked as I bent over the side of my desk. “I’m ______ my backpack. The bell rings in a few minutes.”

“Unpack your assignments (作业). You still have five minutes. We ______ until the clock runs out. The more you do here in class, the less you have to do at home,” she said. She was a very kind woman, but I knew she was ______ this time.

Having no choice, I ______ pulled my math assignment back out and ______ one problem at a time as the minutes on the clock ticked away. The bell finally ______, and I stuffed my homework in my backpack as ______ as possible and ran out.

I cannot remember how many times per day she would say, “Use your time wisely.” It worked. It became second ______ for me to work until the bell rang. In middle school, I continued the ______ she instilled (灌输) in me. I worked on my assignments until the bell rang. And she was ______. The more I did in class, the more time off I had at home for projects and hobbies. I instilled that mindset in nearly every aspect of my ______ life: my education, my career, and my family.

At age ten, I didn’t ______. I do now. Learning how to use your time wisely also means learning what’s ______ to you and being able to prioritize (划分优先顺序) your life. It’s not just a ______ in using the time you have, but in enjoying those moments and ______ the time spent with loved ones.