It was eleven o"clock, and Mr. Sims had just asked the class to pay attention for the fiftieth time
while he explained a math problem. Carson Webster was sitting over by the window trying to listen to
the teacher, but his mind was not on the problem Mr. Sims was discussing. Carson"s mind was on a
little mouse named Millie that was busily moving around in his pocket. Millie was not very happy. At
breakfast, she had climbed into Carson"s pocket and gone to sleep while Carson ate two pieces of
bread and read the newspaper. Carson had forgotten Millie was there until he was halfway in class.
Now that Millie"s morning sleep was over, she was ready to exercise. Luckily for Carson, Millie was
in a pocket with a button, or he might be in serious trouble.
"Carson?" Mr. Sims, who was usually rather strict with his students, was suddenly looking at Carson
with his eyes wide open, rolling his stick in his hand. Carson had to pay attention.
"Could you please repeat the question?" said Carson, feeling his pocket.
"I asked if you would agree with the statement," said Mr. Sims pleasantly.
"Well, I"m not really attentive at the moment," said Carson. "I think I would need to give it more
consideration." Carson did not have the slightest idea as to what Mr. Sims was talking about.
"I see, "said Mr. Sims seriously, "Then I guess you"re uncertain about whether the product of
zero by any other number is always zero?"
"Oh, I know that," said Carson, who could feel himself turning red as a couple of kids including Bob
began to laugh. He knew his punishment would come soon. To his surprise, however, the teacher
didn"t seem angry.
"I"m so glad, "said Mr. Sims, turning back to the blackboard. "Oh, and by the way, Carson,"he
continued, "I think a cage would be a healthier place for your little friend. Would you agree with that
statement?" Just at that time, Millie let out a weak but clear cry and stuck her head out of Carson"s
pocket.
"Yes," Carson said with a smile, "I would totally agree with that statement!"
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High school is tough. And if you were to ask Pink her opinion on the subject she"d tell you the same. Before she became famous, and when she was still called Alicia Moore, the young superstar faced more than her fair share of high school drama. In her interview with Faze, Pink admits she was sorted as a troublemaker at school, "The problem was, I was labelled as trouble-so I was like "trouble". I"ll show you trouble. You want trouble, well here it is!" Unfortunately, Pink began to deliver what the teachers expected and the vicious cycle began. "It"s like the label they give you, you grow into it anyway. They treat you bad, so you act bad," Pink says and continues. "Did I deserve it?-in the end yes, but I feel I just conformed to the label they gave me. I think a lot of kids just get frustrated and act the way the teachers expect them to." It"s no surprise that eventually Pink developed a problem with authority, "When they would say it had to be a certain way I would ask, "why?" They"d say, "Because it always has," so I"d try to prove them wrong." Predictably, Pink dropped out of school and soon after began to sing in nightclubs. She sang any chance she could get and was eventually discovered by a talent scout (星探) while singing in a club in Philadelphia. She does not regret anything she has done and would not change her past if she could. "To change that would change who I am," she said in her Faze interview. She believes having faced so many difficulties at a young age is a good thing. "To experience the good you have to have seen the bad. Plus it makes you appreciate blessings more," she says. Pink encourages us to be ourselves and not to worry about being labelled. "Just wait," she says. "Give it a couple of years then it won"t matter. Because no matter what label they give you, the best thing you can do is prove them wrong." | |||
1. According to the passage, what is Pink"s suggestion? | |||
A. Do it your way. B. To be confident. C. Don"t make trouble. D. To be happy. | |||
2. What does the underlined word "labelled" in the second paragraph mean? | |||
A. Known. B. Realized. C. Classified. D. Discovered. | |||
3. The passage implies that students ________. | |||
A. will usually follow their teachers" advice B. will act the way their parents expect them to C. are likely to behave in a bad way as others expect D. are willing to meet with many difficulties | |||
4. Pink felt that high school was hard because ________. | |||
A. she fell behind others B. she was misunderstood C. she was unsuccessful D. she felt lonely |