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1、1YoucancallmeA.J.,whichisanabbreviationofmyfullname,AlexanderJustice.Iliketoabbreviatemynamebecauseit'seasierforpeopletoremember.Iworkforamuseumthatcollectsaboriginalartifacts.IwouldliketotellyouwhyIhaveanabidingfaithinthelegalsystem.Thestoryyou'reab
2、outtoreadhasbeenabridgedtoreduceitslength.Iusedtoliveinanareawherecriminalsaboundedandwherethelegalsystemseemedpowerless.Oneday,mydaughterwasabducted.AlthoughIabidedbythekidnapper'smonetarydemands,theyrefusedtoreleaseher.Ihadnochoicebuttoputmyfaithin
3、thelegalauthorities.Thepolicerespondedimmediatelyandsearchedthearea.Despitedtheirlackofsuccess,theyrefusedtoabandontheirsearchortocallanaborttotheirmission.Theyknewthatanyabortiveactionwouldsurelyresultinmydaughter'sdeath.Theinvestigationeventuallyle
4、dthepolicetoconductanabruptsearchatthehomeofalocalofficialwhowasabashedwhenhelearnedofthesearch.Mydaughterwasfoundinhisbasement.Shehadabrasionstoherwristswheretheabrasiveropehadscrapedher.Theofficialwasarrestedalongwithhisbodyguardwhoabettedhiminthek
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
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