It was the beginning of another school year. I had agreed to teach all struggling students in need of critical intervention(介入). I knew what lay ahead — tough work hours overlaid with guilt, consumed with essays that needed feedback and lesson plans with best practice strategies. No wonder people always acknowledge my teaching career with, “I'm glad it's you and not me.”
Suddenly, my mind transported me to my first few years of teaching.
“Peter Potter,” I called from my name list, trying to control my laughter. “Laughlin McLaughlin?” Surely these were not real names.
“Emotionally disabled... keeps them separated from the other kids...,” the vice headmaster commanded. This was my first teaching assignment.
Surely this year could never be as discouraging as those first few. In my new classroom, I looked into the face of Jason. At eleven, his mother was killed in an accident, leaving him with physical, academic, and certainly emotional scars. I looked at another student, Robert, standing at the door; my vice headmaster asked if I would take him, even though he was an eleventh grader in my tenth grade class.
But then there were — and are — stories of success — of Dustin, in Graduate School for Electrical and Computer Engineering; of Michael, now a teacher in a city school; of Willie... I thought of the thousands of students whose lives have touched mine far more than I could have ever touched theirs.
I broke from my daydream, a smile spreading across my face. Sadness, tears, challenges, fears — yes, teaching is filled with all of these — yet, it is also filled with laughter and smiles, hope, dreams, and rewards beyond measure.
“I'm glad it's you and not me.” Those words resounded in my mind once again.
24. What might the author's job be like?
A.Easy. | B.Boring. |
C.Interesting. | D.Challenging. |
25. What does the underlined sentence imply?
A.These people would like to teach. |
B.These people did not like the author. |
C.These people would not want this job. |
D.These people wanted to learn from the author. |
26. Why did the author mention Jason and Robert?
A.To stress the importance of family education. |
B.To show her regrets about taking up teaching. |
C.To express her dissatisfaction with the school. |
D.To introduce the basic situation of her students. |
27. How did the author feel thinking of the successful students?
A.She was doing a worthwhile job. |
B.She could never go back to the past. |
C.She was the inspiration behind the success stories. |
D.She would never make greater achievements in the future. |