He says the problem with teachers is, “What will a kid learn from someone who chose to become a teacher? ” He reminds the other dinner guests that it's true what they say about teachers:Those who can, do; and those who can't, teach.
I decide to bite my tongue instead of biting his and resist the urge to remind the other dinner guests that it's also true what they say about lawyers-that they make money from the misfortune of others.
"I mean, you’re a teacher, Taylor, " he says to me.“Be honest.What do you make? ”
I wish he hadn't asked me to be honest, because now I have to teach him a lesson.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.
I can make a C+ feel like a great achievement and an A-feel like a failure.
How dare you waste my time with anything less than your very best?
I make parents tremble in fear when I call them:
I hope I haven't called at a bad time,
I just wanted to talk to you about something Billy said today.
Billy said, “Leave the kid alone.I still cry sometimes, don't you? ”
And it was the noblest act of courage I have ever seen.”
I make parents see their children for who they are and what they can be.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids wonder.
I make them question.
I make them criticize.
I make them think.
I make them apologize and mean it.
I make them write, write, write.
And then I make them read.
I teach them to solve math problems that they once thought impossible.
I make them understand that if you have brains then you follow your heart and if someone ever tires to judge you by what you make, you teach them a lesson.
Let me make this simple for you, so you know what I say is true:
I make a great difference! What about you?
(1)
What do we know about the man that the author is speaking to?
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A.
He is respectful to teachers.
B.
He is in the author's house.
C.
He is actually a lawyer.
D.
He dislikes lawyers.
(2)
The underlined phrase “bite my tongue” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.