On Valentine’s Day, my eleven-year-old son Sam __2__ me to allow him to buy his teacher an enormous red heart-shaped box filled with delectable(美味的)chocolates. We __3__, and he bought her a small but respectably sized heart. On his small __4__, $4.99 was a huge investment, and I was touched by his__5__.
Sam has not always loved teachers. Once he publicly admitted that he __6__ school, and he was __7__ with some class projects.
Last year, Sam’s most __8__ achievement was having the longest “missing assignment” list in the entire fifth grade. He __9__ all year to keep his head above the academic sea. Many nights Sam sank into tears of __10__ while working his way through another pile of homework.
I must admit I was __11__ when I first met Mrs. Hogan. She was a __12__ teacher. She seemed so young and sweet and inexperienced. How was this new teacher going to __13__ a boy who had learned to hate school?
As I observed this teacher’s __14__ with my son at the end of each day, I realized that Sam’s inattentiveness and disorganization were not the __15__ things that Mrs. Hogan noticed about him. She recognized Sam as a knowledgeable, capable student who loved to read. He, in return, rose to her expectations __16__.
Sam began to do his homework without numerous __17__ or a major search through his crowded backpack. He brought home less and less class-work. He __18__ six A’s on his second-quarter report card.
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