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C2[2013·浙江卷]DIn1974,afterfillingoutfiftyapplications,goingthroughfourinterviews,andwinningoneoffer,ItookwhatIcouldget—ateachingjobatwhatIconsideredadistantwildarea:westernNewJersey.MycharacteristicoptimismwasaliveonlywhenIremindedmyselfthatIwouldbedoingwhatIhadwantedtodosinceIwasfourteen—teachingEnglish.Schoolstarted,butIfeltmoreandmoreasifIwereinaforeigncountry.WasthisruralareareallyNewJersey?Mystudentstookaweekoffwhenhuntingseasonbegan.IwastoldtheywerealsofrequentlyabsentinlateOctobertohelptheirfathersmakehayonthefarms.IwasayoungwomanfromNewYorkCity,whothoughtthat“Makehaywhilethesunshines”justmeanttohaveagoodtime.But,still,IwasteachingEnglish.Iworkedhard,takingtimeoffonlytoeatandsleep.Andthentherewasmysixth－gradeclass—seventeenboysandfivegirlswhowereonlysixyearsyoungerthanme.IhadaproblemlongbeforeIknewit.Iwasstrugglinginmyworkasayoungidealisticteacher.Iwantedtomakeliteraturecomealiveandtopromotealoveofthewrittenword.Thestudentswantedtothrowspitballsandwhisperdirtywordsinthebackoftheroom.IncollegeIhadbeentaughtthatasuccessfuleducatorshouldignorebadbehavior.SoIdid,confidentthat,asthetextbookhadsaid,thebadbehaviorwoulddisappearasIgavemystudentspositiveattention.Itsoundsreasonable,butthetextevidentlyignoredthefactthathumans,particularlyteenagers,rarelyseemreasonable.Bythetimemyboss,whowasalsomytaskmaster,knowntobethestrictest,mostdemanding,mostquicktofireinexperiencedteachers,cameintotheclassroomtoobserveme,thestudentsexhibitedverylittlegoodbehaviortopraise.Mybosssatinthebackoftheroom.Theboysintheclassweremakinganimalnoises,hittingeachotherwhilethegirlsfiledtheirnailsorreadmagazines.Ijustpretendeditallwasn'thappening,andwentonlecturingandtriedtoasksomeinspiringquestions.Myboss,sittinginthebackoftheroom,seemedtobegrowingbiggerandbigger.Aftertwentyminutesheleft,silently.Visionsofunemploymentmarchedbeforemyeyes.IfeltmildlyvictoriousthatIgotthroughtherestofclasswithoutcrying,butatmynextfreeperiodIhadtofacehim.Iwonderedifhewouldletmefinishouttheday.Iwalkedtohisoffice,tookadeepbreath,andopenedthedoor.Hewassittinginhischair,andhelookedatmelongandhard.Isaidnothing.AllIcouldthinkofwasthatIwasnotanEnglishteacher;Ihadbeenlyingtomyself,pretendingthateverythingwasfine.Whenhespoke,hesaidsimply,withoutaccusation,“Youhadnothingtosaytothem.”“Youhadnothingtosaytothem，”herepeated.“Nowonderthey'rebored.Whynotgettothemeatoftheliteratureandstoptalkingaboutsymbolism.Talkwiththem,notatthem.Andmoreimportant,whydoyouignoretheirbadbehavior？”Wetalked.Henamedmyproblemsandofferedsolutions.Werole－played.Hewasthebadstudent,andIwastheforceful,yet,warm,teacher.Astheyearprogressed,wespentmanyhoursdiscussingliteratureandideasabouthumanbeingsandtheirmotivations.Hehelpedmeidentifymyweaknessesandmystrengths.Inshort,hemadeateacherofmebyteachingmetherealityofEmerson'swords:“Thesecrettoeducationliesinrespectingthepupil.”FifteenyearslaterIstilldrivethatsamewindingroadtothesameschool.ThankstothehelpIreceivedthatdifficultfirstyear,theschoolismyhomenow.55．Itcanbeinferredfromthestorythatin1974________.A.thewriterbecameanoptimisticpersonB.thewriterwasveryhappyabouthernewjobC.itwasratherdifficulttogetajobintheUSAD.itwaseasytogetateachingjobinNewJersey56．Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingismostprobablythewriter'sproblemasanewteacher?A.Shehadblindtrustinwhatshelearntatcollege.B.Shedidn'taskex...