【推荐1】Post-It Notes and poster board may seem like nothing more than standard school supplies. However, in Erin Castillo’s hands, they are a powerful mental health ______.

Here’s the way it ______: About once a week, the high school teacher ______ the “mental health check-in board.” The board instructs students to write their ______ on the back of a sticky note and then ______ it next to one of six coloured hearts. The hearts are ______ “I’m great,” “I’m OK,” “I’m struggling,” “I’m struggling and need a check-in,” and “I’m in a dark place,” and allow the students a ______ way to describe and share their feelings before class starts.

Then, during independent study time, she ______ one-on-one with students about their sticky notes. Some kids just need ______ or a listening ear, but for those who are more ______ or dealing with a serious issue, she says she has a variety of ______ ready and waiting to help them, such as the school psychologist they can see that very day.

She got the idea for the ______ after a couple of weeks where many of her students kept telling her they were having a bad week. While she was ______ they were sharing, she needed more ______ to help them—and the board was born. “I didn’t want to miss any student that might be struggling, and this was a way to easily ______ how everyone was feeling,” she says.

【推荐3】The day I met Hani Irmawati, she was a shy, 17-year-old girl standing alone in the parking lot of the international school in Indonesia, where I teach English. She asked if I could help her improve her English. I could ________ it took much courage for the young Indonesian girl to ________ me and ask for help.

“I want to go to a US university,” she said with confidence. I was surprised.

I agreed to work with her ________ a volunteer basis. For several months. Hani woke each morning at five and caught the city bus to her public high school. During the one-hour ________, she studied for her regular classes and finished the English ________ I had given her. At four o’clock in the afternoon, she arrived at my classroom, extremely ________ but ready to work.

When I met Hani’s family at their ________ little house, I realized they would never be able to afford the expenses of a US university. Hani’s enthusiasm was ________ with her language ability, but I was becoming more and more discouraged.

One day I received the announcement of a(n) ________ opportunity for a major US university. After reading the requirements, I knew Hani couldn’t meet the qualifications. I told her that there was only a ________ chance of her getting the scholarship and encouraged her to be more “realistic” about her dream. But she remained ________.

“Will you send in my name?” she asked.

I couldn’t ________ her down. I completed the application, with the painful truth about her academic life, but also with my ________ of her courage and perseverance.

Three weeks later, just before Hani went to Jakarta to take the Test of English Fluency, she received a letter from the scholarship association. She had been ________.

I leaped around the room, overjoyed and shocked. Hani stood by, smiling. I realized that it was I who had learned something Hani had known from the beginning: It is not intelligence alone that brings success, but also the ________ to succeed, the commitment (投入) to work hard and the courage to believe in yourself.

【推荐1】Thanksgiving Day was near. One day, the first-grade teacher, Miss White, let her students ______ a picture of something for which they were thankful.

Most students would ______ the holiday with turkey and other traditional foods of the season. But Douglas made a different kind of ______ . When he was asked to draw a picture of something for which he was ______ , he drew a hand. His picture brought ______ to his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, ______ farmers raised turkeys. Another suggested it was a police officer’s hand, because the police ______ and cared for people.

While the children were ______ with each other, Miss White stood at Douglas’ ______ , bent down and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy ______ and whispered, “It’s yours, Miss White.” What Douglas had said ______ Miss White of the time she had ______ with him here and there. How often she had said, “Take my hand, Douglas, we’ll go outside”. Or, “Let me show you how to ______ your pencil.”

The ______ speaks of more than thankfulness. It says something about teachers teaching. Douglas might not always say thanks, but he’ll remember the ______ that Miss White reaches out.

【推荐2】I loved my first grade teacher. Her name was Mrs. Gross but there was nothing gross about her. I wasn't sure what her ______ was at the time but she already looked very grand-motherly. She was ______ and soft-spoken. Unlike some teachers she never yelled at or ______ her students. Every day I arrived at her classroom and sat ______ at my desk with a big smile on my face.

One such memory is still with me to this day. We were doing subtraction math problems ______ on the chalkboard while Mrs. Gross walked through the classroom ______ our work. I finished first and ______ my head just as she looked at my work and said: “This is really good work, Joe. You are a smart boy.” As she walked on she gently ______ my shoulder and I felt a tingle in my heart. It felt so good to   ______ . From that moment on I always tried my best. I always wanted to be as smart as she thought I already was.

Would I have done as good in ______ if I hadn't had Mrs. Gross as my first grade teacher? I don't think so. She awakened a ______ in me to be the best person I could be.

David Whyte wrote, “People are hungry, and one good word is ______ for a thousand.” I think the good words Mrs. Gross gave me helped me to ______ my good words with others. Mrs. Gross showed me just how much ______ one soul can have on another. And I am ______ for putting her in my life.

【推荐3】As I walked into the primary school, I looked down at my new black Mary Jane shoes—I wanted to be anywhere in the world but Fountain Inn Elementary School. I stood at Mrs. Blackstone's door. Before I tried the _______, the wooden door suddenly opened. "We've been waiting for you!" Mrs. Blackstone, my new fifth grade teacher said at an unusually_______voice. With a smile my mom walked away and I was left_______in front of a group of students.

Over the next few days, Mrs. Blackstone made it her_______to find me a new best friend and help me join a choir（合唱队）. During history_______, when I sat down at my desk_______I didn't want to speak in front of the class, she would not only call on me but have me stand up to _______my classmates. She laughed at my nervousness when I wouldn't get in line to sharpen my pencil _______being embarrassed. Her silliness made me smile and finally feel_______in the new environment.

One spring afternoon, Mrs. Blackstone ________me to stay after class. "I'd like to speak with you, Amanda." My mind ________. Had I made a bad grade? Had I hurt someone's feelings? "Are you enjoying your new school?" she sat comfortably behind her desk, "I want to tell you ________, between you and me, not to be shared with anyone else." "Okay." My throat ________felt very dry. With her________raised, she said, "I see something ________in you. I've been a teacher for over twenty-five years; I can________it. But you________believe in yourself. That's very important. Remember that and you'll go________."

Her voice was________to my ears that day. I walked out of her class, ________staring at my Mary Jane shoes. My teacher saw something special in me!

【推荐1】After a whole day’s football practice with her three kids, Brittany felt worn out and decided to grab dinner from McDonald’s.

Wyatt was a teenager working at McDonald’s who took Brittany’s _________. As Brittany pulled up to the drive-through window to _________, her 4-year-old son began crying and the other two soon _________, almost driving Brittany mad. And it was when it _________ Brittany that she’d left her purse at home.

“I wanted to cry,” Brittany recalled (回忆). “I looked at the young man with _________ eyes and said, ‘I’m so sorry but I have to _________ the order.’”

_________, Wyatt pulled out his wallet, swiped (刷) his card and paid for the _________ mum’s meal.

Wyatt probably couldn’t make much money from his job. Yet, he firmly _________ Brittany’s promises to pay him back later, __________ saying that it was no big deal.

Brittany was so grateful that she was determined to __________ Wyatt’s kindness in a big way! She discovered that Wyatt was saving up for a vehicle, so she shared the story on social media and started a __________ campaign to help him realize his dream.

Strangers from all over the country were inspired by the young man and __________ poured in. Before long, Brittany collected over $40,000! She was shocked. “I honestly didn’t expect such an incredible __________! Wyatt will now have enough money to buy a car and even start saving for college. So when you put __________ out in the world, it comes back to you more than you expect.”