I was nine when I arrived at the Children’s Home in Nashua in 1965. I failed third grade that year, __41__ made it through a second time, and had __42__ through fourth grade by the time I __43__ Pauline Jambard’s fifth-grade class at Charlotte Avenue Elementary School.
I was __44__ I wasn’t smart like the other kids, and I hoped I could make it through fifth grade. I felt Ms. Jambard took a(n) __45__ interest in me. Of all the subjects in school, reading was my __46__. She would tell me, “Terry, keep reading. If you can understand what you’re reading, you’ll be more __47__ than most kids.” After I read all the books in our program, I started reading the set of Encyclopaedia Britannica in our classroom. I couldn’t find _48__ to read, and I started to really like school.
That December, the Children’s Home__49__ a Christmas party for family and community members. My brother and I had no family to __50__. I still remember looking up and seeing Ms. Jambard walk through the front door of the Children’s Home. Realizing she was there to see me, I was __51__ happy. That was the best Christmas of my life.
After I __52__ from Ms. Jambard’s class in 1969, I moved and lost all __53__ with my teacher. In 1983, I was on a business trip and had to drive through Nashua. I got a __54__ to drop by Charlotte Avenue Elementary School. I was walking toward her classroom __55__ she came out in the hallway and said “Terry!” It was as if I had __56__ left. I was in seventh heaven on my flight home.
We have stayed in touch, and I __57__ Ms. Jambard at least once a year. Because 原文来自爱英语吧网址http://www.2abc8.com/.jpgof the confidence she __58__ in me, I went on to have a successful __59__ in engineering and law enforcement. I don’t know if she realizes how much she helped me, bu I’ll never forget her kindness and __60__ in me.