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1、In1974,afterfillingoutfiftyapplications完形填空答案 In1974,afterfillingoutfiftyapplications,goingthroughfourinterviews,andwinningoneoffer,Itook25Icouldget—ateachingjobatwhatIconsideredadistantwildarea:westernNewJersey.MycharacteristicoptimismwasaliveonlywhenIremindedmyse
2、lfthatIwouldbedoingwhatI26 (want)todosinceIwasfourteen—teachingEnglish. Schoolstarted,butIfeltmoreandmoreasifIwereinaforeigncountry.WasthisruralareareallyNewJersey?Mystudentshadaweekoff27huntingseasonbegan.IwastoldtheywerealsofrequentlyabsentinlateOctobertohelpthe
3、irfathersmakehayonthefarms.IwasayoungwomanfromNewYorkCity,28thoughtthat“Makehaywhilethesunshines”justmeanttohaveagoodtime. But,still,IwasteachingEnglish.Iworkedhard,takingtime29onlytoeatandsleep.Andthentherewasmysixth-gradeclass—seventeenboysandfivegirlswhowereonly
4、sixyearsyoungerthanme.IhadaproblemlongbeforeIknewit.Iwasstrugglinginmyworkas30youngidealisticteacher.Iwantedtomakeliteraturecomealiveandtopromotealoveofthewrittenword.Thestudentswantedtothrowspitballsandwhisperdirtywordsinthebackoftheroom. IncollegeIhadbeentaughtth
5、atasuccessfuleducatorshouldignorebadbehavior.31Idid,confidentthat,asthetextbookhadsaid,thebadbehaviorwoulddisappearasIgavemystudentspositiveattention.Itsoundsreasonable,butthetextevidentlyignoredthefactthathumans,particularlyteenagers,rarelyseemreasonable.Bythetimem
6、yboss,whowasalsomytaskmaster,knowntobethe32 (strict),mostdemanding,mostquicktofireinexperiencedteachers,cameintotheclassroomtoobserveme,thestudentsexhibitedverylittlegoodbehaviortopraise. Mybosssatinthebackoftheroom.Theboysintheclass33(make)animalnoises,hittingeac
7、hotherwhilethegirlsfiledtheirnailsorreadmagazines.Ijustpretendeditallwasn’thappening,andwentonlecturingandtriedtoasksomeinspiringquestions.Myboss,sittinginthebackoftheroom,seemedtobegrowingbiggerand34.Aftertwentyminutesheleft,silently.Visionsofunemploymentmarchedbef
8、oremyeyes. IfeltmildlyvictoriousthatIgotthroughtherestofclass35crying,butatmynextfreeperiodIhadtofacehim.Iwonderedifhewouldletmefinishout
