1 . Teachers selected from each district school for the Teacher of the Year competition were recognized.The competition's winner will be____in the spring.All those model teachers got me to think about some of my teachers through the years,and how they____me.

My college adviser,J.C.Casey,had a big____on my life.She was a teacher and friend.She____me to consider journalism as a career.My high school math teacher,Kathy Cloud,took the time to____math to me in a way I could ____understand.I'd struggled with math until I got in Cloud's classes.She gave me the____to realize I could do it.

My first-grade teacher,Darlene Dryden,held me back.Now,most people wouldn't____the teacher that kept them back a grade fondly,but Dryden has always been my____teacher.I was the youngest person in my class and very shy. She thought I____another year to mature before moving on to second____.She didn't make me feel____for having to repeat the grade.Instead,she made me feel____.I think I was her favorite,too.

My senior year of high school,right before____,I wrote Dryden a note letting her.know that I'd become a good student and was going to____and that she'd had a____in that.

The Norman teachers____Wednesday are just a few of the many who are in the classrooms every day making   ____in their students' lives.They may not even know the____impact（影响）they're having.I know it's not an____job, but teachers,just remember that you're a Mrs.Dryden to somebody.