吉莉最早产生这个念头,是在以小组协同教学方式进行的大学先修课程(Advanced Placement)世界史的课堂上。这堂课探讨的是领导力的作用。老师们鼓励学生从当代寻找一个足以点燃他们激情的课题。一天早晨,老师们提到学校董事会的委员会建议提前上课时间,以解决调度公交线路的后勤问题。学校董事会将于五天内召开听证会对这一提议进行讨论。老师们提醒学生:如果你不喜欢这样,那就用行动来表达你的意愿。
Jilly did the ugly math: A first bell at 7:20 a.m. meant she would have to wake up at 6 a.m.
吉莉发现了一个可怕的问题:早晨7:20打预备铃就意味着她将不得不在早晨6点起床。
She had found her passion.
她觉得自己已经找到动力和激情了。
She seemed an unlikely choice to halt what was almost a done deal. She was just a sophomore, and did not particularly relish conflict. But Jilly, the youngest of seven children, had learned to be independent early on: Her mother died when she was 9.
吉莉看起来并不像是要撼动一项基本上已经板上钉钉的决议的适当人选。她只是个高二学生,也不喜欢跟人争论。不过,作为家中七个孩子中年龄最小的一个,九岁丧母的她很早就学会了自立。
And she is energetic and forthright. That year, she had interned on a voter turnout drive for Missouri Democrats, volunteered in a French-immersion prekindergarten class, written for the student newspaper, worked at a fast-food pizza restaurant and maintained an A average in French, Spanish and Latin.
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