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2、outtoreadhasbeenabridgedtoreduceitslength.Iusedtoliveinanareawherecriminalsaboundedandwherethelegalsystemseemedpowerless.Oneday,mydaughterwasabducted.AlthoughIabidedbythekidnapper'smonetarydemands,theyrefusedtoreleaseher.Ihadnochoicebuttoputmyfaithin

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5、idnapping.Theofficialwasforcedtoabdicatehispositionandwassenttoprisionforlife.Thejudgetoldhimthathewasluckythatcaptialpunishmenthadbeenabolishedandthatitwasonlyduetothisabolitionthathewouldnotbeexecuted.Theswiftapprehensionandstrictpunishmentofthesec

6、riminalshelpedtoabatemylackoffaithinthelegalsystem.Thesedays,Itrulybelievein"justice",andit'snotbecauseofmyname!2LoveofNumbersAsanacademician,IthinkMathematicsisanintriguingandabsorbingscience.However,manyofmystudentsconsideritanabstractscienceandthe

7、yhateitbecausetheequationsaretoodifficulttoabsorbandtoremember.IthinkmystudentswouldlaughiftheyknowhowIbecamesointerestedinMath.WhenIwasafreshmanincollege,IalsobelievedMathwasamereabstraction.Studyingitwaslikefallingintoaspinningabyssofnumbersandsymb

8、ols.Justthinkingaboutitseemedlikeanabuseofmybrain.However,myentiretuitionwasfinancedbyanacademicscholarship,soIhadtomaintainhighmarksinallofmyclasses,includingMath.MymostabstruseclasswasAdvancedCalculusMathematics.Itwastaughtinalargelecturehallwhicha