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第21章 梦开始的地方 1（第1页）

第21章梦开始的地方（1）

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&heDreamBegins

每个人的心中都有会藏有一个梦，因为有了它，我们的人生才会完整，才会更精彩，而我们总有一个开始的地方——那就是校园。

我们为学习而来

We’reAllHeretoLearn

佚名Anonymous

“16，”

Isaid.Ihavefottehquestionmysed-gradeteacher，JoyceCooper，askedthatday，butIwillmyanswer.Assoonasthemymouth，thewholeclassatSmallwoodElementarySorfinia，startedlaughihestupidestpersonintheworld.

Mrs.Cooperfixedthemwithasternlook.Thenshesaid，“We’reallheretolearn.”

Aime，Mrs.Cooperaskedustoortaboutedtodowithourlives.Iwrote，“IwaeacherlikeMrs.Cooper.”

&eo，“Youwouldmakeanoutstandingteacherbecauseyouaredeterminedandyoutryhard.”

Iwastocarrythosewordsihe27years.

AfterIgraduatedfromhighs1976，Imarriedawonderfulman，Ben，ameic.Bef，Latonyawasborn.

Weneededeverydimejusttogetby.dteagwasoutofthequestion.Idid，hoithajobinaschool—asajanitor’sassistant.Ied17satLarrymoreElmentarySchooleagMrs.Cooper’s.ShehadtraoLarrymoreafterSmallwoodcloseddown.

IwouldtellMrs.CooperthatIstillwaeadshewouldrepeatthewordsshehadwritteyearsearlier.Butbillsalwaysseemedtogetinthe>

Thenonedayin1986Ithoughtofmydream，ofhowbadlyIwaohelp.ButtodothatIoarriveinthemsasateaotiomopup.

ItalkeditoverwithBenandLatonya，anditwassettled：IwouldenrollatOldDomiy.For7yearsIattendedthemsbeforework.WhenIgothomefromwork，Istudied.OndaysIhadend，IworkedasateagassistantforMrs.Cooper.

&imesIwoherIhadthestrengthtomakeit.WhenIgotmyfirstfailialkedaboutquitting.MyyouerHeleohearit.“Youwaeacher，”

shesaid.“Ifyoustop，you’llneverrea.”

Helenotgivingup—she’dbeenfighties.Wheherofusgotdown，shewouldsay，“Ytomakeit.We’regoi.”

In1987，Helen，only24，diedofkidneyfailurerelatedtodiabetes.Ittometomakeitforbothofus.

OnMay8，1993，mydreamdayarrived—graduatioingmycollegedegreeaeagliseofficiallyqualifiedmetobeateacher.

Iih3schools.AtaarySchool，priomlinsonsaid，“Yourfailiar.”

ShehadworkedatLarrymoremorethan10yearsearlier.Ihadedherroom，andsherememberedme.

Still，Ihadeoffers.ThecallIhadjustsightractasajanitor’sassistant.anPlacehadajobformeteagfifthgrade.

Notloed，somethibroughtthepastrushingback.Ihadwritteenaticalerrorsontheblackboard.Thestoeahemistakes.

&halfwaythrough，befusedaheotherlaughed，tearsrolleddownhercheeks.Igaveherahugaadrihen，rememberingMrs.Cooper，Ifixedtherestoftheclasswithafirmlook.“We’reallheretolearn，”

Isaid.

“16。”

我答道。

那天，二年级的老师乔伊斯？库珀问的数学题是什么，我早已忘了，但我依然记得自己当时的回答。