Steve, a twelve－year－old boy with alcoholic parents, was about to be lost forever, by the U．S．education system．He was a big boy, yet, went 1 until Miss White．
Miss White was a smiling, young, beautiful lady and Steve was in love!For the first time, he couldn’t take his eyes 2 his teacher; yet, still he failed．
One day, Miss White’s impatient voice 3 into his daydreams．
“Steve!Pay attention!”
Steve 4 his gaze on Miss White, as she began to go over the test 5 ．
“You all did pretty well,”she told the class,“except for one boy, and 6 breaks my heart to tell you this, but”She 7 , pinning Steve to his seat, with a 8 stare, her eyes searching his face,“The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class!”
Steve 9 his eyes and carefully examined his fingertips．
After that, it was 10 !Steve still wouldn’t do his homework．Even as the punishments became more severe, he remained 11 ．
“Just try it!ONE WEEK!”He was unmoved．
“Give yourself a chance!Don’t 12 up on your life!”Nothing．
“Steve!Please!I care about you!”
Wow! 13 , Steve got it!Someone cared about him?
Steve went home from school, 14 , that afternoon．
The following Monday he arrived at school on time．Miss White, gave a quiz on the weekend homework．Steve was the first to 15 his paper．With a look of surprise, Miss White took his paper．Obviously 16 , she began to look it over．Steve walked back to his desk, his heart 17 within his chest．As he sat down, he couldn’t 18 another look at the lovely woman．
Miss White’s face was in total shock!The 19 boy in the seventh grade had just passed his first test!
He began to take off!And he continued this 20 throughout his school life．From that moment nothing was the same for Steve．
