Paul Durietz is a social studies teacher from Illinois. Social studies explores various aspects of human ________ and its interactions. Mr. Durietz made up his mind to be a social studies teacher when he was just 11 years old, mainly because of his ________ and love for history.

Mr. Durietz ________ his teaching job at Woodland Middle School in 1970. Ever since then, he’s been ________ social studies at the same school. He loves sharing his knowledge of history with students. “Teaching is ________,” he said. “Every day is different.”

Things have ________ a lot since he began teaching. These days, he and the students use ________ and digital whiteboards instead of chalk and paper textbooks. With or without technology, Mr. Durietz has used ________ activities to teach his students. For example, he has ________ virtual field trips and even mock elections to help students learn about politics. These ________ are the ones that he and his students enjoy most.

Being ________ the social studies program at Woodland Middle School, Mr. Durietz is ________ proud that his students tell him that they want to be history teachers because of him. He ________ a point that people who want to be teachers should ________ they are patient with their students. He also encourages them to choose ________ that they care deeply about. “Keep working on what you love to do in life,” he said.

Everyone has his most memorable teacher. When I think back to my most memorable teacher, Mary Justice's face _______ comes into my mind. She was my journalism teacher in high school.

What I _________ most about Mrs. Justice is that she ___________ me and everyone else in the class with so much ___________ that she always allowed us to make our own choices. Besides, she was such a（n） _______ teacher that she was made our school's Teacher of the Year for many times and she also helped raise our _______ of being a person of action rather than just making plans. Her attitude gradually _________ me. I didn't know it then, but she was really a _______ for my future.

I wasn't quite a _______ person in class. In my second senior year, Mrs. Justice ________ me to compete for the editor-in-chief of the yearbook. When she ________ the final appointment in the class, I was not only quite nervous, but I also felt delighted that Mrs. Justice had chosen me for that position which helped strengthen my ________.

Mary Justice has an important effect on my life and my career （职业）choice. I will never ________ her reaction when I told her I had ________ Nicholls State University and decided to become a teacher after graduation. Her face lit up, and I knew at that moment she was so ________ of me. Little did Mrs. Justice know that it was because of her that I had chosen the same career as hers.

Twenty years later, my son, Derek, started middle school. That summer. The headmaster of our local middle school had to retire ________ his illness, and he would be ________ by a new headmaster. To my great ________ the new headmaster was Mary Justice! She had a strong influence on my son's life as well.

Now as a teacher, I teach my students the same life skills as Mrs. Justice taught me-being ________thinkers, and learning from mistakes. __________, these will help them become successful adults in the future.

Lisa was a teacher of my two sons. In 2000, she________to teach my elder son, Bob, who had difficulty in writing and reading. It took Lisa much patience to________Bob. With her special education, Bob_______ in his class and was finally admitted to a Chinese university with excellent grades. I________believed it was Lisa’s special teaching style that made Bob finally________out. Years later, my complete________was confirmed again.

Luckily, my younger son, Mike, also studied in Lisa’s class. Lisa made a bigger________on him. “Every student is unique, so________teaching is the key,” she said. “Every man has his price.” Because she was aware of her students’________, she designed multiple schemes to guide the children.

Mike’s grades had fallen behind other students. It was a challenge for Lisa to teach him whose grades were at the     _____of the class. Lisa learned Mike had a(n)_______ personality. He liked meeting friends, loved chatting with them and enjoyed their_______ . It was because he often stayed with others that he didn’t have enough time to focus on his________. Lisa not only taught Mike to________life and learning but also________time — most for study and some for fun. She even invited Mike’s best friend to learn together with him and________them after school. Eventually, they significantly raised their scores. However, Lisa reminded me that it wasn’t the scores but the________that mattered. She couldn’t be more proud of my son’s stepping________.

In terms of child education, Lisa is a(n)________example to all. Although Mike has graduated, I can’t be more________. I really want to say to her again, “Thanks.”