When the teacher asks a question in class, Wang Xiaobin never raises his hand and this situation is very common at middle schools. The 15 - year - old boy always {#blank#}1{#/blank#} for other classmates or the teacher to give the answer. "What should I do if my answer is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} ?" Wang asked. Wang said only six or seven students in his class raised their hands when a question was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} . "I think it's a problem that may affect our study, but I am afraid to make {#blank#}4{#/blank#}in front of my classmates," he said.

    Why didn't the students raise their hands in class? Hu Wei, a teenager expert from Chinese Academy of Science(中国科学院) gave an explanation to us. He said, "They are lack (缺乏) of confidence, and they're afraid of losing faces {#blank#}5{#/blank#}they may give wrong answers. "

    To encourage students to raise their hands in class, Hu suggested that teachers should try to guide and encourage students to offer their answers {#blank#}6{#/blank#} repeating the question. Hu also advised students not to be shy, but to be brave {#blank#}7{#/blank#}to try.

    Sun Ping, 16, from Tianjin, always raises her hand as soon as she comes up with the answer, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}when she isn't sure if she has got it right. Sun can't understand why some of her classmates keep {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in class. She enjoys raising her hand a lot. "It keeps me enthusiastic (热情的) and confident to {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. My idea," Sun said. "Raising my hand has really made me excellent."