A group of boys stood around a tree. “What a tall tree!” they said to each other, “It would be exciting to climb to the top.”

The group of boys made a     1     to play a game to see who could climb to the top of the tree fastest. Their mothers were     2     not far away, looking at their kids as they played.

One of the     3     was David. He was the     4     boy in the group. Nobody thought he would win the     5    .

Then the game started. All of the boys tried to climb as high as they could. Although the others climbed faster than David at     6    , he reached the top of the tree fastest in the end.

His mother was     7     to see this. She asked, “David, how did you reach the top of the tree so     8    ?”

“It was easy.” David said. “The other kids kept looking down as they climbed. When they realized how high they were, they got     9     and were afraid of looking down. However, I looked only up. When I saw how close I was, I kept going higher and higher until I reached the top.

It is true in life that if we just keep going forward without     10    , we are more likely to reach our goals.

It’s     1     to stay in a good place when the world is throwing so many troubles at you. Visualization (可视化) and meditation (冥想) are two great tools to start with when you feel yourself getting off-balance. They can’t only help you rebalance but also     2     your confidence. The best way to begin is to listen to some meditative music for 30 minutes. You don’t need     3     what has happened; just enjoy     4     yourself.

Another     5    (忽略的) rebalancing technique is recording your thoughts in a journal. It actually     6     bad thoughts in your mind for positive ones to enter. Being alone is a wonderful tool that is helpful for you     7    (分析) your current state of mind.

A third tool is to actively engage in doing something that you have a     8    (热烈的) love for.

Although we all go through emotional upsets, we should learn to keep them in perspective with     9    (智慧) and use what you have taught yourself to     10     them away.

There are two     1     of people in this world: those who are     2     ask questions and those who shy away. Researchers from the University of Michigan set out to find out the different learning results between these two different     3    . They set up a long - term study across sixty - three different sixth grade math classes     4     513 students. Their results showed that shy students were less     5     to get help.

The researchers started looking into ways that classroom environments in universities could be changed in order to help everyone feel comfortable asking questions. They concluded that having a warm, friendly     6     would help. In     7    , creating an uncompetitive environment would     8     quiet ones to ask questions.

Though this may not change your mind in wanting to ask a question in class, just know that it is really     9     to your learning. Some of us may need to push ourselves to grasp the     10     to ask questions. We have to stop worrying about what others might think about us. All you have to do is raise your hand!