Tinawasaseventeen-year-oldgirlwhoalwaysworeabrightsmile.Shesufferedfromadiseaseandhadtouseawalkermostofthetime.Maybeitwasbecauseshelooked andpeopledidn’tknowhowtocomeneartoher.Tinausuallybroketheicewithpeopleshemetwithabig“ ”
Inoneclass,Igavethestudentsanassignment(作业)to apoem.IonlymadetheassignmentworthaverysmallpartoftheirtotalgradesinceIknewmostofmy wouldnotdoitanyway.Intheclass,onebyoneeachstudent tocorrectlyrecite(背诵)thepoem.Finally,angryandhalfjoking,Isaidthatthenextstudentwho recitethepoemhadtodothreepush-up(俯卧撑).Tomy ,Tinawasnext.Sheusedherwalkertomovetothefrontoftheclass. sherecited,shemadeamistake.BeforeIcouldsayaword,she herwalkerandstarteddoingpush-ups.Iwantedtosay,“Tina,Iwasjust !”Butshe ,continuedthepoemandshefinishedtherestperfectly.
Whenshefinished,astudentasked,“Tina,whydidyoudothat?It’snotanimportantassignment!”
“BecauseIwanttobelikeyouguys!Tobe .”Tinasaid.
Silencefellonthewholeroomwhenanotherstudentcriedout,“Tina,we’renotnormal!Weareteenagers!
Wegetin allthetime.”
“Iknow,”Tinasaidasabig spreadacrossherface.Therestofthestudentslaughed,too.
Tinagotonlyafew thatday,butshegottheloveandrespectofherclassmates.Toher,thatwas
worthalotmorethanagrade.
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