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1、HewasinthefirstthirdgradeclassItaughtatSaintMary'sSchoolinMorris,Minn.All34ofmystudentsweredeartome,butMarkEklundwasoneinamillion.Veryneatinappearance,hehadthathappy-to-be-aliveattitudethatmadeevenhisoccasionalmischievousnessdelightful.我在明尼苏达州莫里斯的圣玛丽学校教书,他在我教的第一个三年级的班上。全班34个学生每一个都讨我喜欢,但马克·埃克隆却是
2、独一无二的。他外表干干净净,是个乐天派,所以即便是他偶尔的调皮捣蛋,也依然讨人喜欢。Markoftentalkedincessantly.Ihadtoremindhimagainandagainthattalkingwithoutpermissionwasnotacceptable.Whatimpressedmesomuch,though,washissincereresponseeverytimeIhadtocorrecthimformisbehaving."Thankyouforcorrectingme,Sister!"Ididn'tknowwhattomakeofitatfir
3、st,butbeforelongIbecameaccustomedtohearingitmanytimesaday.马克常常说个不停。我不得不一而再、再而三地提醒他,未经允许不能讲话。不过,令我印象深刻的是,每当我不得已指出他的过错的时候,他都非常诚恳地对我说:“谢谢你指出我的问题,修女!”起初,我不知该作何反应,但很快,我便习惯了一天听到这句话好多遍。OnemorningmypatiencewasgrowingthinwhenMarktalkedoncetoooften,andthenImadeanovice-teacher'smistake.Ilookedathimandsaid
4、,"Ifyousayonemoreword,Iamgoingtotapeyourmouthshut!"一天早上,马克又一次讲个不停,我终于不耐烦了,于是犯了个新老师才会犯的错误。我盯着他说:“再说一个字,我就拿胶带把你的嘴封上!”Itwasn'ttensecondslaterwhenChuck,anotherstudent,blurtedout,"Markistalkingagain."Ihadn'taskedanyofthestudentstohelpmewatchMark,butsinceIhadstatedthepunishmentinfrontoftheclass,Ihadt
5、oactonit.结果不到十秒钟,另一个学生查克就脱口而出:“马克又在讲话了。”我并没有让任何同学帮我盯着马克,不过既然我已经当着全班的面说过他再说话就要罚他,我得说话算话。Irememberthesceneasifithadoccurredthismorning.Iwalkedtomydesk,verydeliberatelyopenedmydrawerandtookoutarollofmaskingtape.Withoutsayingaword,IproceededtoMark'sdesk,toreofftwopiecesoftapeandmadeabigXwiththemove
6、rhismouth.Ithenreturnedtothefrontoftheroom.AsIglancedatMarktoseehowhewasdoing,hewinkedatme.WhenIwalkedbacktoMark'sdeskandremovedthetape,hisfirstwordswere,"Thankyouforcorrectingme,Sister."接下来的一幕我至今仍记忆犹新,仿佛就发生在今天早上。我走到讲桌前,不慌不忙拉打开抽屉,拿出一卷胶带,然后一言不发地走到马克桌前,撕下两截胶带,在他嘴上贴了个大大的“X”,然后转身走回教室前面。我瞟了瞟马克看他有什么反
7、应,结果看到他朝我眨了眨眼睛。而当我回到马克桌前给他撕下胶带时,他说的第一句话便是:“谢谢你指出我的问题,修女。”OneFriday,Iaskedthestudentstolistthenamesoftheotherstudentsintheroomontwosheetsofpaper,leavingaspacebetweeneachname.ThenItoldthemtothinkofthenicestthingtheycouldsayabouteach