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　　Name：Abby Conkleton

　　Nationality：British

　　Date of Birth：20th April,1980

　　Purpose：To build on my EFL experience through teaching abroad for a year．To do so is to become a fully qualified teacher in England．

　　Education：I got a master's degree on education in Cardiff University, and I studied in International Teacher Training Organization for 4 weeks．I observed teaching practice on groups of different ability, including one to one teaching．I passed two research papers and a grammar test．

　　Classroom assistant volunteer：November 2005-February 2006, in Green Primary School．One-day-a-week practice for l0 weeks, working with children aged 5 and 6．This role enabled me to gain teaching assistant experience as I had to work with small groups of children, mostly in number counting, reading, writing and religious education．I thoroughly enjoyed this job and knew that I should definitely go into the teaching field．

　　Observer and classroom helper：May 2007-July 2007, in Hall Independent Primary School, children from 5 to 11 years old．Mostly observational work．

　　However, I helped out during the examination period and with various events such as class trips and sports day．

　　Volunteer storyteller：September 2007-April 2008, in Children's Peace Library．Volunteer storyteller to children aged between 3 and l0．I ran free storytelling events twice a month and also attended local events doing storytelling．

　　Interests：I like to exercise, including cycling, swimming and running．I also read many books and enjoy music and the self-taught Spanish course I am currently doing．

　　IT ability：Mastering Microsoft Word and using the Internet．

　　Driving license：I obtain a full driving license．

　　I can supply these on request．

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　　"Meg, we need to talk．"

　　"Sure thing, Dad．"

　　"I have been to the 　　1　　 several times over the last few days, and well, Meg, I have a rain cancer．

　　"Okay．"

　　"Just okay?"

　　"Yep, just okay．"

　　It was the second half of my senior year, that 　　2　　 in a girl's life when all the really big exciting events are happening．My final performance, my eighteenth birthday and my graduation, all 　　3　　 my mind in just two short months．

　　By my final performance Dad couldn't really give his full 　　4　　 on it, but he was there．He bravely sat through my birthday dinner, and he 　　5　　 to get out of the hospital for my graduation．　　6　　 those months, we both were caring about the same thing梞e．His doctor said that by 　　7　　 on all my future events, it kept my dad 　　8　　 longer．Nine days after my high school graduation, my father died．

　　For the next two weeks after his 　　9　　 I didn't leave my room．Finally, my mom came in, opened my blinds and gave me a letter．

　　It was from my father's doctor．He wrote about how my father 　　10　　 him to change his life and the way he worked．" …He was not 　　11　　 a patient to me．He 　　12　　 more for the people around him than he did his own 　　13　　 I have never met someone who put everyone else first．He was the type of person I 　　14　　．to be．"

　　I was 　　15　　．I came to know what I should, do．

　　Days later, I got a job as a summer camp counselor．I 　　16　　 everything I had to these little kids, and slowly they helped to heal me without even 　　17　　 what they were doing．Their innocence had helped me 　　18　　 some of mine．

　　That summer 　　19　　 parts of the life my father led in his last few days．I had learned the 　　20　　 lesson my father was teaching me梚n order to lead a fulfilling life, you must learn how to give of yourself to others．