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I met Mrs. Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of the directors.
Almost instantly I loved her. She had an unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking,
1 she was
encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me.
Mrs. Neidl would ask me for my
2 . She wanted to know how I thought we should
3 things. At first
I had no idea how to answer because I knew
4 about stage design! But I slowly began to respond to her
5 . It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to
6 them. She trusted me to complete
things, so I completed them perfectly. She loved how
7 I was, so I began to show up to paint more and
more. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself.
Mrs. Neidl's
8 that year was, "Try it. We can always paint over it
9 !" I began to take
10 . I had been
so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing-only things to be
11 upon. I learned to dip my brush into
the paint and
12 create something.
The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was
13 in the program as "Student Art Assistant"
because of the time and effort I'd put in. It was that year that I
14 I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing
stage design.
Being on that stage-design team
15 Mrs. Neidl changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and more
competent than I had thought, but I also
16 a strong interest and a world I hadn't known existed. She taught
me not to
17 what people think I should do: She taught me to take chances and not be
18 . Mrs. Neidl was
my comforter when I was upset. Her
19 in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined
20 .
( )1. A. and
( )2. A. opinion
( )3. A. make
( )4. A. anything
( )5. A. questions
( )6. A. hold
( )7. A. happy
( )8. A. message
( )9. A. again
( )10. A. steps
( )11. A. improved
( )12. A. easily
( )13. A. introduced
( )14. A. confirmed
( )15. A. with
( )16. A. developed
( )17. A. accept
( )18. A. bored
( )19. A. trust
( )20. A. accessible |
B. yet
B. impression
B. keep
B. something
B. comments
B. follow
B. lively
B. motto
B. more
B. control
B. acted
B. carefully
B. recognized
B. decided
B. below
B. discovered
B. care
B. lazy
B. patience
B. enjoyable |
C. so
C. information
C. handle
C. everything
C. explanations
C. evaluate
C. reliable
C. saying
C. instead
C. charge
C. looked
C. confidently
C. identified
C. realized
C. of
C. took
C. judge
C. sad
C. curiosity
C. possible |
D. for
D. intention
D. change
D. nothing
D. remarks
D. form
D. punctual
D. suggestion
D. later
D. risks
D. reflected
D. proudly
D. considered
D. acknowledged
D. by
D. fostered
D. wonder
D. afraid
D. interest
D. favorable |