WhenIbegantolearnEnglishinGrade5inprimaryschool,IhadagreatinterestinEnglish。AndmyEnglishalwaysrankedfirstintheexams。However,whenIwasinGrade7,myEnglishwasnotsogoodasbefore。BecauseIfelttiredofEnglish。
Ialmostwantedtogiveitup。Butlateronepersonchangedmyattitudetotally。
Oneday,IhappenedtomeetmyfirstEnglishteacher,MissLiu,whohadalwaysthoughthighlyofme。SheaskedmehowIgotalongwithmyEnglish。AllatonceIdidn’tknowhowtoanswerher。IwasafraidthatIwouldletherdownifItoldherthetruth。
Atthatmoment,whatIcoulddowastohangmyhead。Ifeltsoembarrassed。ButMissLiuseemedtohaveknowneverything。Shesaidtomepatiently,“Don’twaitforwhatyouwanttocometoyou。
Goafterit。Everyonehaseverfailedbefore。Asuccessfulpersoncansucceedbecauseofhispersistence。”Shecontinued,“Youshouldpluckupyourcourageandhaveanothertry。
Don’tbeafraidofdifficulties。Instead,yououghttochallengethem。Onlyinthiswaycanyousucceed。Youwillneverfail。
Ibelieveinyou。”Hearingthese,Icouldn’thelpcrying。IpromisedMissLiuthatIwouldtrymybestandnevergiveupwhateverdifficultiesImightmeetwith。
Now,Ihavemadeit。InmySeniorOne,myEnglishisstillkeepingthefirst。AndIwon’thavemyEnglishbeleftbehindonceagain。
ItwasMissLiuwhoencouragedmetorebuildmyconfidence。Shehastaughtmealesson,whichIwillkeepinmymindforever。