Miss White, immediately, gave a quiz on the weekend homework. Steve hurried through the test, and was the first to hand in his paper. With a look of surprise, Miss White took his paper. Obviously puzzled, she began to look it over. Steve walked back to his desk, his heart pounding within his chest. As he sat down, he couldn’t resist another look at the lovely woman.
Miss White’s face was in total shock! She glanced up at Steve, then down, then up. Suddenly, her face broke into a radiant smile. The smartest boy in the seventh grade had just passed his first test!
From that moment nothing was the same for Steve. Life at home remained the same, but life still changed. He discovered that not only could he learn, but he was good at it! He discovered that he could understand and retain knowledge, and that he could translate the things he learned into his own life. Steve began to excel! And he continued this course throughout his school life.
After high-school Steve enlisted in the Navy, and he had a successful military career. During that time, he met the love of his life, he raised a family, and he graduated from college Magna Cum Laude. During his Naval career, he inspired many young people, who without him, might not have believed in themselves. Steve began a second career after the Navy, and he continues to inspire others, as an adjunct professor in a nearby college
Miss White left a great legacy. She saved one boy who has changed many lives. I know, because I am the love of his life.
You see, it’s simple, really. A change took place within the heart of one boy, all because of one teacher, who cared.
The Difference a Teacher Can Make
史蒂夫已經12歲了，他的父母都是酒鬼，他就要徹底脫離自己的學校生活了。然而很明顯，他能夠閱讀，但他總不及格。從一年級開始，一年一年過去了，他依然不及格。史蒂夫長得很健壯，看上去比12歲的孩子要大。但他一直都被人忽略，直到有一天懷特小姐的到來。
懷特小姐總是笑容可掬，年輕，而且有一頭迷人的紅頭髮。她是史蒂夫喜歡的類型。這是他平生第一次，無法把眼睛從老師身上移開，然而，他還是不及格。他沒有做作業，他總是找懷特小姐的碴。每次她說出尖刻的話時，他都感到自己的心已經碎了。每次完不成作業被罰的時候，他都感到非常痛苦。但他依然不學習。
在第一學期的期中，整個七年級要進行基礎技能測驗。史蒂夫匆匆完成了自己的測驗，並繼續一天天地幻想其他的事情。他的心並不在學校，而在他經常獨自躲藏的樹林，在那裡，他試圖擺脫酒鬼之家的聲響和氣味。沒有人關心他到底安不安全。也沒有人知道他已經走了，因為所有的人都興奮地沒有精力顧及其他。不過奇怪地是，史蒂夫從沒有曠過一次課。
一天，懷特小姐急躁的聲音打破了他的白日夢。
“史蒂夫！”他感到很吃驚，轉過頭去看著她。
“注意力要集中！”
她宣布七年級測驗結果的時候，史蒂夫用那種青春期特有的崇敬盯著懷特小姐。
她對全班說：“你們都考得很好。除了一個男生。告訴你們這個真讓我感到傷心。但是……”她停頓了一下，眼光轉向史蒂夫的座位，用犀利的目光在他的臉上搜尋著什麼。
“我們七年級最聰明的孩子，我的科目竟然不及格！”
她盯著史蒂夫，全班同學都轉過頭來看著他。史蒂夫低下頭，盯著自己的指尖。
※本文作者：佚名※