Last Saturday, David was taking a walk in the park near his home when he noticed a woman with a boy of about eight years old. When David passed them, he heard the woman yell. “How stupid you are! You’re good at nothing.” David stopped and looked at the little boy. The boy said nothing. He just stood there, looking upset.

David was reminded of his English teacher Mrs Brown in middle school. After he entered a middle school, David lacked self-confidence because he was often made fun of by others. He was often told that he was good at nothing, which David behaved. But one day it all changed.

One day, in an English writing class, Mrs Brown asked them to read a novel. They were asked to write a new chapter of the novel after they finished reading it. A few days later, David handed in his story. He didn’t give it much thought. But the next day, to his surprise, the comment “well done” from Mrs Brown came into view the moment he turned to the page where the story was written. When David read that, he almost burst into tears. He never expected to be praised one day. He suddenly gained some self-confidence.

That day after he returned home, he wrote a short story and gave it to Mrs Brown the next morning. And again he was praised. David became very interested in writing. He often wrote short stories and asked Mrs Brown to read them improve writing skills. One year later, David joined the school newspaper and became an editor of it. He was no longer that boy who lacked self-confidence. He gained his confidence, and was hopeful about his future.

He succeeded in entering a college and kept writing. Several years after graduating from college, he had his first book published. With some more books coming out, he became famous as a writer in his country. And he owed his success to Mrs Brown’s encouragement. Without her encouragement, his life might be very different now.

Inspired by his own life story, David decided to do something for that boy.

The mother was ashamed when she heard that.

6 . I think this was my most impressive experience so far. I volunteered for two weeks in a guesthouse by the sea ________ by a Mexican mother and son.

I’ll always remember when I got to the bus stop and the son came to ________ me up. He was my age and I just knew this would be something different and fun. We ________ on the way to the house and I was welcomed to a Mexican lunch by the mother and another ________, K, who was younger than me. We quickly ________ a little group and even with the mother.

The most ________ part of this experience was the room I was ________ K: Our beds were separated by ________; we had no door to our room and we had holes in our ceilings. There was an only table in our room where we all had lunch. The water from the tap ________ from the sea and there was one stove and the WiFi ________ worked. We played card games at night, and best above all, ________ and talked for hours and hours. I loved every minute of this ________ but simple country life.

I was sad to leave but have kept ________ with all of them since then and definitely plan on seeing them again. This ________ made me understand why you should volunteer, whether it’s in your home country or anywhere else in the ________.