After thirty years in the classroom, I have come to realize that teacher's behavior can make a world of difference for a child. This is one such1.

    While I was attending a party being2at a high school one evening, I looked around and noticed a young girl who looks a little familiar. I thought she had been a 3of mine. I tried to remember her name but I couldn't. I didn't feel 4 with myself, as I have always been able to5 the students that I knew in the past.

    Her eyes met mine and she threw her 6 around me and said, “Mrs. G, it's me, Sarah, and I'm still writing!” The memories 7 . I felt something different in my heart. You see, Sarah was 8 a student in my classroom. Sarah's mother had gone to a big city and had remarried. And her father had 9 her. She was sent to live with her grandparents the year I met her. Sarah was 10, often in trouble and often in the office.

    It was during one of those office visits that I first met her. She was writing. I introduced myself to her and asked her 11 she was writing. Sarah shared her story with me. I knew it was a way for her to get away from her pain. So she always put her 12on paper. Every morning before school she would come into my classroom and we would work on her 13skills.

    Our conversation that evening was filled with hope. She expected to go to college. Driving home, I 14 the influence for both good and bad that teachers have put upon their students. Taking the time to 15 with a child has the power to change that child's life. That's why I teach.

    Hello, boys and girls. My name is Bob. These are1photos of my family. In the 2photo, you can3my grandparents Eric and Lucy. They are4to me. In the next photo are my parents and my uncle. My uncle is5China and his name is Mike. He likes (喜欢) black and white and I like these two6, too. In the third (第三) photo7my brother Tom, my sister Jane and my8Lily. She is my uncle's daughter, and 9jacket is blue. She is very nice.10is the girl in the last photo? It's me. My dog Snow is in the photo, too.

    Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider(蜘蛛) webs on the walls and mice running around. People1coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and2every day. He thought it was poverty(贫穷) that led3his unhappy life.

    One day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 4about changing his life. The old man gave him a 5vase(花瓶) and said, "This is a magic vase that will bring you 6."

    The poor man looked at the vase7. He wondered 8he need a vase in his poor house. However, he didn't want to 9away such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home and put it on the table.

    "It's not right for something so beautiful to be 10," the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful.

    11he was still not satisfied(满意的). "It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web." At this, he started to do some12in the house and paint the walls.

    His house turned into a13place immediately. The poor man cheered up. He suddenly 14that in the past it was his 15that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.

    She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal Mart. She must have been 6 years old. It was 1outside. We all just stood 2the door of the Wal Mart. "Mom, let's run through the rain," she said with a 3 voice." What? "Mom asked." Let's run through the rain! "She repeated." No, honey. We'll wait until it 4 down a bit." Mom replied.

    This young child waited about 5 minute and repeated, "Mom, let's run through the rain."

    "We'll get wet if we do," Mom said. "No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said." This morning? 6 did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?" "Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, 'If God can get us 7this, he can get us through anything! "

    The entire crowd became dead silent. I dare say you couldn't hear anything but the 8. We all stood silently. Mom stopped to for a moment about what she would say. "Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need  9," Mom said. Then off they ran.

    We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they  10 past the cars. They held their shopping bags over their 11 just in case. They got wet. But they were12by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the 13 to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing. Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions (财产), they can take away your money, and they can take away your  14. But no one can ever take away your precious 15. So, don't forget to take time and take the opportunities to make memories.

    Do you have a great friend? Someone who is there for you in good times and in bad times? The story of Hoshi and Zen 1 the power (力量) of friendship.

    Hoshi is an American Eskimo dog. He had his 2 removed (移除) because of a disease when he was 11 years old. 3 he is now blind.

    It is 4 for Hoshi, a few months before his operation (手术), his owner got Zen. She was a small dog 5 a local rescue shelter (救护所) who could see just fine!

    When Zen started to realize that Hoshi was going blind, she did what a good friend would do. Zen began to lead the 6 for Hoshi. She 7 a seeing eye to another dog!

    Zen now leads Hoshi around in the great outdoors, so he doesn't hurt 8 They are now best friends and 9 all of their time together going hiking, swimming and going on other adventures (冒险).

    As Helen Keller once said, "Walking with a friend in the dark is 10 than walking alone in the light."