A good teacher is many things to many people. In my own experience, the people I respect most are the teachers{#blank#}1{#/blank#}demanded the most discipline from their students.

    I miss one teacher in particular that I had in high school. I think she was a good teacher because she was a very strict person. I remember very {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (clear) a sign over her classroom door. It was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} simple sign that said, “Laboratory—in this room the first five letters of the word was emphasized, not the last seven. ” In other words, I guess, labor for her was more{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (importance), which means{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (make) speeches.

    She prepared her work very carefully and demanded us to do the same. We got lots of homework from her. Once she had broken {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (she) arm, and everybody in the class thought that maybe the homework {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (reduce), but it continued just the same. She checked our work by stamping her name at the bottom of the papers to show that she had read {#blank#}8{#/blank#}

    I think sometimes teachers who demand most are{#blank#}9{#/blank#}（like）least. But {#blank#}10{#/blank#}time goes by, this discipline really seems to benefit the students.

— Of course. After all, it has paid off.