As a college student,I took a position as a salesman and weekend brand ambassador at a local men's clothing store in New Jersey.In addition to allowing me to become an expert T-shirt folder,the job1 me for future success, teaching me what to prioritize (优先处理) and how to2my time effectively.I also learned the value of teamwork and a client-centric (以客户为中心的) 3to business.

    My4as a brand ambassador included managing the sales,taking part in community events and sharing details on in-store promotions.I was 5 with organizing inventory（库存）and price marking our clothing for sales. While I enjoyed the opportunity to communicate with 6 on a daily basis,I was challenged to manage my schedule and was 7 to learn the importance of prioritization.

    One year later,we were on a 8 schedule to open a new store and I was responsible for stocking the inventory and 9 new salesmen.Being 19,I 10 this as a massive task and felt a great deal of 11 .Luckily,using the time management skills I had 12learned,I was able to complete what was 13of me.I am now able to14on the success of opening a new store that15exists today.

    Much of16 I accomplished would not have been possible without the17of my direct manager,Mrs.Brown, who had a great18 on me.She set expectations early on me and clear goals and processes for achieving success.Her approach helped me complete tasks19and on time,and has20the way I now manage my own team.

    When 12 girls from San Fernando High School in California received a grant(经费) to develop an invention to solve a real-world problem, they decided to create a solar-powered shelter to help the homeless.

    For over a year, the girls have been using all their free time to complete the 1“They have this amazing internal(内心的)2that I've never seen in any individual,” Violent Mardirosian, a teacher at San Fernando High who is3with the team on the project, told The Huffington Post. “I thought4that maybe some of them would give up, say 'I didn't5this much work,' but they haven't. They're just working hard and they're not giving up and they're super6.

    Living in a low-income community, the girls have seen the 7 of homelessness first-hand. Many of them are from immigrant families and hoped the 8 which is powered by rechargeable(可再充电的) solar panels(控制板), would help the9.

    Seventeen-year-old Maggie Mejia told the Huffington Post that10she had no previous 11experience, the girl figured out as a team how to12the shelter using how –to videos and books that taught them how to code. But the most important13she's learned during the project isn't technical.

    “I've learned a lot about14others, helping the community and being selfless and showing a better world to other people and15someone else's life,” she said. The project was carried out with DIY Girls, a nonprofit that helps fund STEM-science, technology, engineering and math- projects for16.

    Mardirosian said all the participating students have17their interest in STEM through this project.

    “Many of them didn't think about engineering before. They thought maybe they're not18out to be an engineer. But working together, now they 19their skill - whether a writing skill or a drawings skill or a speaking skill, they're all20in this field. Everyone has found their importance in this picture,” she said.

    Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a water puddle (水坑) ahead on the path. I walk around to the side of the path that wasn't covered by water and1.As I reached the puddle, I was suddenly attacked! Yet I did nothing for it was so2I stepped back and my attacker stopped attacking me3attacking more, he flied in the air with its graceful4in front of me. Had I been hurt, I wouldn't have found it amusing but I was unhurt, it was5 and I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!

    I took a step forward, and my attacker rushed me again. He pushed and 6.Me in the chest with his head and body over and over again with all his might. It's just not everyday that 7is attacked by a butterfly, so I stopped to find out the 8My attacker moved back as well to9 on the ground. That's when I discovered why my10was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate beside the puddle11he landed and she was dying.

    Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only12the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate, even though she was 13dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few 14moments of life. Now I knew why and what he was 15I couldn't do anything other than reward him by changing my 16 to the more difficult side of the puddle. He had truly 17 those moments to be with her, undisturbed. I cleaned the mud from my boots and left.

    Since then, I've always tried to remember the 18of that butterfly whenever I see huge 19 facing me. I use that butterfly's courage as an inspiration to 20myself that good things are worth striving for.

    It was sunny when my dad and I arrived at his company. We parked the car and1it. I looked around and saw a gray thing on the floor. I thought it was a garbage bag, 2 it started to move. As we approached, we3that it was a small wounded dog.

    We were so moved by the4that we decided to help the5dog. We went across the street and bought some dog food, and then we got some pure6for it, in order to help it regain7.

    The dog was so desperate that it8drowned itself after we gave it the food and water. After it ate up the food, we9it to move. However it couldn't. my dad10to take it in his arms, but it started barking11 the pain caused by its wounded bleeding paws, so we12to carry it in a small stretcher（担架）to the car.

    13, we took it to the vet so that it could be treated. The vet told us that it had a(n)14leg and that it had been starving for days. After five days of treatment, it15and we decided to look for a16for it. Though I loved the dog very much, no one in my home could17it.

    Finally, the dog was18by one of my dad's colleagues. It is taken good care of and living19now. Every life deserves our acts of kindness. I was20that we helped the dog and made it have the chance to continue enjoying its life.

    Last year, I received an e-mail from my dad, under a subject line: "Mystery creature?" There was no body text, but1was a ten-second video, shot in the dead of night. It2a furry creature charging away from the camera and down a driveway. Midway through the video, the animal3abruptly, turns slightly and stares back. Then it runs into the4. Watching it again, I noticed that the driveway looked5. It was my childhood home. There soon came more e-mails with more videos. And the mystery creature6to be a raccoon(浣熊) without its tail.

    For many years, my parents had been7about setting up some camera traps, just to see what sorts of animals were quietly moving around the8. But my dad had always thought the camera were a little too9and complicated. About a year ago, my dad finally10two cameras at reasonable prices that were easy to use. He first11them toward a place where he had noticed a particular pile of scat (动物粪便), which always appeared in the same12. After leaving the cameras on for only one night, he13. To his amazement, right in front of a bench where he'd 14 one camera, a fox arrived. It 15 to the center of the sight line and squatted (蹲下), briefly, in the exact spot. "Can you 16 it?" he said, playing the video for me again.

    I could not, 17 there it was, clear to see. For me, the pleasure in watching these videos was that they would never be 18 believable and that the 19 would always be beyond my imagination. Rather than making the world more knowable, they seem to make it more 20. They've turned a backyard into a place full of mystery.

Don't ignore (忽略) the difference teenagers can make.

John Michael Thomas, 14, Florida

When John Michael Thomas decided to honor his friend and classmate Elizabeth Buckley, who died from cancer, he remembered how much she loved peacocks (孔雀).

He wanted to build a life-sized peacock fountain (喷泉) in Elizabeth's favorite park in the city. He thought it could be a place for people to relax and be inspired.

John Michael raised $52,000 to build the fountain.

Barrett England, 13, Utah

The wheels began to turn for Barrett England when he heard about Karma Bike shop, a place where young people can earn free bikes by reading and performing community (社区) service.

Barrett visited Karma's owner with his idea: He would collect and repair used bikes and donate them to the shop.

He expected to get about 10 donated bikes. In the end, Barrett received 39.

Zachary Blohm, 15, Wisconsin

The 25-year-old playground at an elementary school near Milwaukee, Wis. was so small that only 70 of its 575 students could play on it at a time.

That's when Zachary Blohm saved the day. He and some volunteers wanted to build a huge playground. To raise money, Zac planned T-shirt and bake sales, sold tickets and more. He held monthly money-raising events for more than a year. Overall, he collected $130,000 — enough to finish his project.

Jack Zimmerman, 16, New Jersey

For some people, finding a meal is as simple as opening the refrigerator. For more than 366,000 hungry kids in New Jersey, it's not that easy.

That fact didn't sit well with Jack Zimmerman, who organized a drive to lessen childhood hunger in his state. His goal: create 40,000 packaged meals that could be donated to those in need.

On game day, Jack and his volunteers started their work. After the final count, the team had packaged 47, 124 meals—well above Jack's goal.