Shewasaverycapablestudent.Shedidnothaveasingledayofabsencelastyear; alltheteachersknewthisandencouragedhermanytimesinfrontofothers.
Kidsusedtosay,"Shemusthaveastrongbodyandthat'swhyshenevergetssick.Whatarewesupposedtodowhenweconstantlygetsick?"TheydidnotknowthatYassihadtypetwoDiabetesandsometimesbecameunconscious.
Oneearlymorningwhenhersugarleveldroppedandhermumwantedtotakehertothedoctor,shesaid,"Thedoctordoesn'tknowhowtoteachmeGeometry (几何学)!ThemosthewilldoistogivemeanIVdrip (输液) tomakemefeelbetter.Bytheway,Mr.Mirsadeghihadmentionedthatpeoplewiththehighestscoreintheyearoftheiruniversityentranceexaminationonlyhadonedayofabsence; Idon'twanttousemyonlydayoffforsomethingstupid!"
WhenteachersusedtoaskYassi,"Doyoufeelbadwhenyougetalowgrade?"Yassiwouldreply,"Isitpossibletobehappywhenapersonworkshardanddoesnotgetagoodresult?AtthesetimesItellmyself,inthefuturewhenIopenthebiggestfactoryinIran,ifI'mgoingtofallshortwithhandlingsuchminorissues,howamIsupposedtodealwithalltheotherproblemssuchasconsumermarketrejectionofmyproducts?!HowcanIsolvetheproductiondifficultiesofthisproduct?"
Yassiisalivingexampleofapersonwithavisionforagrandfuture,whodoesnotallowminorproblemsoftodayto deter herfromachievingherdreams.
OnaregulardaywhenImetwithYassi,Inoticedshewasnotlikeherusualselfasshelookedtroubled.SoIaskedher"Hassomethinghappened?"towhichshereplied"No",butIsaid,"Ithinksomethinghasdefinitelyhappened."Yassithensaid,"Ihaveasmallpersonalproblemthatwillsoonberesolved."
Afterinsistingforsometimetofindoutherproblem,sheonlythentoldmethatherfatherwasunconscious.Justbeforetearsrushedtohereyesasshewentoutoftheroom,IfeltthatIlostsomecredibilityasaconsiderateteacher.
Yassireturnedtotheroomafterfresheningup,clearingherthroatandthensaidinastrangemanner,"Pleasedon'tbeconcerned,Mr.Mirsadeghi,ifitismeanttobehewillremaininmylifeandIwillmakehimproudwithmygr