Passage 1

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　　At thirteen, I was diagnosed (诊断) with a kind of attention disorder.

　　It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.

　　In my first literature class, Mrs Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, “Mrs Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.”

　　She glanced down at me through her glasses, “You are no different from your classmates, young man.”

　　I tried, but I didn't finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.

　　In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me.

　　It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn't get much education. But Louis didn't give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots (点), which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.

　　Wasn't I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the “sighted” students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed， I was no different from others; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?

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