送給最棒的 你 ..............
老師的一堂課,你我都需要的生命強心劑
>>>>
>>>>> Many years ago, Mrs. Thompson stood in front of her
>>>>> 5th grade class and told
>>>>> the children a lie that she loved them all the same.
>>>>> But that was
>>>>> impossible, because there in the front row, a little
>>>>> boy named Teddy
>>>>> Stoddard was so messy and inattentive in class that
>>>>> Mrs. Thompson would
>>>>> actually take delight in marking his papers with a
>>>>> broad red pen, making
>>>>> bold X's and then putting a big "F" at the top of
>>>>> his papers.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
許多年前，湯普遜老師對著她五年級的學生們撒了一個謊：她說她會平等地愛每
個孩
>>>>>
>>>>
子！但這是不可能的，因為前排就坐著泰迪‧史塔特--一個邋遢、上課不專心的
小男
>>>>>
>>>>
孩，事實上，湯普遜老師很喜歡用粗紅筆在泰迪的考卷上畫大大的叉，然後在最
上排寫
>>>>
>>>>> 個不及格！
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> One day, as Mrs. Thompson was reviewing each child's
>>>>> past records, she was
>>>>> surprised by comments of Teddy's former teachers:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
某一天，湯普遜老師檢視每個學生以前的學習紀錄表，她意外地發現泰迪之前的
老師給
>>>>
>>>>> 的評語十分驚人：
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does
>>>>> his work neatly and has
>>>>> good manners...he is a joy to be around," wrote
>>>>> Teddy's first grade teacher.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
一年級老師寫道：「泰迪是個聰明的孩子，永遠面帶笑容，他的作業很整潔、很
有禮
>>>>> 貌，他讓周遭的人很快樂！」
>>>>>
>>>>> His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an
>>>>> excellent student, well liked
>>>>> by his classmates, but he is troubled because his
>>>>> mother has a terminal
>>>>> illness and life at home must be a struggle."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
二年級老師說：「泰迪很優秀，很受同學歡迎，但他的母親罹患了絕症，他很擔
心，家
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 裡生活一定不好過！」
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death
>>>>> has been hard on him. He
>>>>> tries to do his best but his father doesn't show
>>>>> much interest and his home
>>>>> life will soon affect him if some steps aren't
>>>>> taken."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
三年級老師：「母親過世泰迪一定不好過，他很努力表現但父親總不在意，若再
沒有改
>>>>
>>>>> 善，他的家庭生活將嚴重打擊泰迪。」
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is
>>>>> withdrawn and doesn't show
>>>>> much interest in school. He doesn't have many
>>>>> friends and sometimes sleeps
>>>>> in class."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
四年級老師：「泰迪開始退縮，對課業提不起興趣，沒有什麼朋友，有時會在課
堂上睡
>>>>
>>>>> 覺。」
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she
>>>>> was ashamed of herself.
>>>>> She felt even worse when her students brought her
>>>>> Christmas presents,
>>>>> wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper,
>>>>> except for Teddy's. His
>>>>> present which was clumsily wrapped in the heavy,
>>>>> brown paper that he got
>>>>> from a grocery bag.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
直到現在，湯普遜老師才了解泰迪的困難，而深感羞愧，而當她收到泰迪送的聖
誕禮
>>>>>
>>>>
物-別人的禮物用緞帶及包裝紙裝飾的漂漂亮亮，泰迪送的禮物卻是用雜貨店的
牛皮紙
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 袋捆起來─湯普遜老師更覺得難過，
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of
>>>>> the other presents.
>>>>> Some of the children started to laugh when she found
>>>>> a rhinestone bracelet
>>>>> with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that
>>>>> was one quarter full of
>>>>> perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter
>>>>> when she exclaimed how
>>>>> pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing
>>>>> some of the perfume on
>>>>> her wrist.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
湯普遜老師忍著心酸，當著全班的面拆開泰迪的禮物，有的孩子開始嘲笑泰迪送
的聖誕
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
禮物：一條假鑽手環，上面還缺了幾顆寶石，另外是一罐只剩四分之一的香水。
但是湯
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
普遜老師不但驚呼漂亮，還帶上手環，並噴了一些香水在手腕上，其他小朋友全
都愣住
>>>>
>>>>> 了。
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just
>>>>> long enough to say, "Mrs.
>>>>> Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used
>>>>> to." After the children
>>>>> left she cried for at least an hour. On that very
>>>>> day, she quit teaching
>>>>> reading, and writing, and arithmetic. Instead, she
>>>>> began to teach children.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
放學後泰迪‧史塔特留下來對湯普遜老師說：「老師，妳今天聞起來好像我媽咪
喔！」
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
一等泰迪回家，湯普遜老師整整哭了一個小時，就在那一天，湯普遜老師不再教
>>>>>
>>>> 「書」：不教閱讀、不教寫作、不教數學，相反地，她開始「教育孩童」！
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As
>>>>> she worked with him,
>>>>> his mind seemed to come alive. The more she
>>>>> encouraged him, the faster he
>>>>> responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become
>>>>> one of the smartest
>>>>> children in the class and, despite her lie that she
>>>>> would love all the
>>>>> children the same, Teddy became one her "teacher's
>>>>> pets."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
湯普遜老師開始特別關注泰迪，而泰迪的心似乎重新活了過來，湯普遜老師越鼓
勵泰
>>>>>
>>>>
迪，泰迪的反應越快，到了學年尾聲，泰迪已經成為班上最聰明的孩子之一。雖
然湯普
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> 遜老師說過她會平等地愛每一個孩子，但泰迪卻是她最喜歡的學生。
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A year later, she found a note under her door, from
>>>>> Teddy, telling her that
>>>>> she was still the best teacher he ever had in his
>>>>> whole life. Six years went
>>>>> by before she got another note from Teddy. He then
>>>>> wrote that he had
>>>>> finished high school, third in his class, and she
>>>>> was still the best teacher
>>>>> he ever had in his whole life.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
一年後，湯普遜老師在門邊發現一張紙條，是泰迪寫來的，上面說湯普遜老師是
他一生
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
遇到最棒的老師！六年過去了，湯普遜老師又發現另一張泰迪寫的紙條，泰迪已
經高中
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> 畢業，成績全班第三名，而湯普遜老師仍是他一生遇到最棒的老師！
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Four years after that, she got another letter,
>>>>> saying that while things had
>>>>> been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had
>>>>> stuck with it, and would
>>>>> soon graduate from college with the highest of
>>>>> honors. He assured Mrs.
>>>>> Thompson that she was still the best and favorite
>>>>> teacher he ever had in his
>>>>> whole life.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
四年後，湯普遜老師又收到一封信，泰迪說有時候學校生活並不順利，但他仍堅
持下
>>>>>
>>>>
去，而不久的將來他將獲得榮譽學位畢業！他再一次告訴湯普遜老師，她仍是他
這一輩
>>>>
>>>>> 子遇到最棒的老師！
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Then four more years passed and yet another letter
>>>>> came. This time he
>>>>> explained that after he got his bachelor's degree,
>>>>> he decided to go a little
>>>>> further. The letter explained that she was still the
>>>>> best and favorite
>>>>> teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little
>>>>> longer -- the letter was
>>>>> signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M.D.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
四年過去，又來了一封信。信裡面告訴湯普遜老師，泰迪大學畢業後決定繼續攻
讀更高
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
學位，他也不忘再說一次，湯普遜老師還是他這一生遇到最棒的老師，而這封信
的結尾
>>>>
>>>>> 多了幾個字：「泰迪‧史塔特博士。」
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The story doesn't end there. You see, there was yet
>>>>> another letter that
>>>>> spring. Teddy said he'd met this girl and was going
>>>>> to be married. He
>>>>> explained that his father had died a couple of years
>>>>> ago and he was
>>>>> wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit in the
>>>>> place at the wedding
>>>>> that was usually reserved for the mother of the
>>>>> groom. Of course, Mrs.
>>>>> Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that
>>>>> bracelet, the one with several
>>>>> rhinestones missing. And she made sure she was
>>>>> wearing the perfume that
>>>>> Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last
>>>>> Christmas together.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
故事還沒結束呢！你瞧！該年春天又來了一封信，泰迪說他遇到生命中的女孩，
馬上要
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
結婚了，泰迪解釋說他的父親幾年前過世了，他希望湯普遜老師可以參加他的婚
禮並坐
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
上屬於新郎「母親」的位置，湯普遜老師完成了泰迪的心願。但你知道嗎？湯普
遜老師
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
竟然戴著當年泰迪送的假鑽手環，還噴了同一瓶香水，是泰迪母親過世前的最後
一個聖
>>>>
>>>>> 誕節用過的香水。
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> They hugged each, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs.
>>>>> Thompson's ear, "Thank
>>>>> you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so
>>>>> much for making me feel
>>>>> important and showing me that I could make a
>>>>> difference."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
他們互相擁抱，史塔特博士悄悄在耳邊告訴湯普遜老師：「湯普遜老師，謝謝妳
相信
>>>>>
>>>> 我，謝謝妳讓我覺得自己很重要，讓我相信我有能力去改變(make
>>>>> a difference)！」
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered
>>>>> back. She said, "Teddy, you
>>>>> have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me
>>>>> that I could make a
>>>>> difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met
>>>>> you."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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