I decided at 10 that I was going to be a teacher because I had a burning desire for super powers. As a boy, I could clearly see some of my teachers had such powers.

There was an English teacher in fifth grade who could magically take us to different worlds every day by telling us stories and reading to us from books we would otherwise never pick up. This was our secret and fun time because fifth graders were considered too old to have stories read out to them.

It was even shocking that my teacher could see the hidden. I was one of those who had no insight(洞察力), yet my teacher would notice me and the unspoken message in her eyes suggested that she could see me through. She had another super power and even after forty years, I could still remember her lessons about the great masters of art and great geographers. She did this even though her major(专业) was neither art nor geography. Her lessons went beyond the textbook. I knew I wanted to be one of those all-seeing ones with super powers that made children feel safe and valued.

I know being a teacher isn’t the easiest or the most financially rewarding(经济回报) of jobs. And there are job risks—your knees can become worn out from years of carrying piles of notebooks up and down the school steps, and your voice can suffer from too much talking. Even so, there are still those choosing this job. To them, teaching is not just a job, but a science, an art and it requires lots of effort.

All my life, for thirty years now, I’ve gone to work early each day with a spring in my step. Sometimes, I meet my former students. Their love for me and sweet memories of our time together are my rewards. When I meet others who thirst for super powers, like a new teacher trying to perfect her skills with a brave face on, or the one in a lonely, village school travelling 70 kilometers each day just for his pupils, I feel proud to belong to the same group.

I have many teachers now and I love them all, but I think I love my English teacher, Mrs. Li, best.

Mrs. Li is from Fengcheng. But she loves Yichun very much.【小题1】She loves Yichun food.

Do you know what she likes for breakfast? Bread and milk? No, she doesn’t.【小题2】She also likes fruit and vegetables.

Mrs. Li has a daughter.【小题3】She is fifteen years old. She goes to Yichun Middle School.

She studies hard.

【小题4】She often runs with us after school. But she can’t play basketball or soccer. She only watches them on TV.

We have English from Monday to Friday.【小题5】But she is always nice and happy. She helps us with English. All my classmates like her.

Drmiinnggg! That’s the sound that kids all over the country hate to hear—the alarm bell. The new school year has just started and children across the UK have to wake up early in the morning to go to school.

But students at one school in north-cast England are lucky. They can lie in bed for an extra（额外的）hour before they go to school. Monkseaton High School has been allowing its pupils to come into school an hour later than other schools.

The headmaster, Dr Paul Kelley, says that this new way helps students pay more attention to their lessons in class. He feels that young people are more energetic and can perform better for the rest of the day. And he adds that for their school students, a late start at school may be better than an early one.

Dr. Kelley tells the BBC that teenagers don't perform very well in the morning and their need to sleep is biological（生物的）.

It seems that this new approach to teaching shows positive（乐观的） results. The number of students who sleep in class drops quickly. Besides, the school has already seen a drop in the number of pupils who play truant（逃学）by 27%. More importantly, Dr. Kelley also says that exam results have improved by 20%—30% over the past year.

Classes at Monkseaton High School begin at 10 a.m. and finish at 3:40 p.m. However, the school opens from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The students can come early and leave late if they want.