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School Uniforms not Cool Enough?

　　Believe it or not, there are good reasons for wearing a school uniform．It makes you feel proud of your school．It builds a common spirit of unity among students and reminds them of the values and history of their school．But for most students, school uniforms are not something to be proud of at all．

　　The main student complaints about school uniforms are：simple colors, boring designs and bad quality．And Huang Xiuzhen, a teacher at Conghua Middle School in Guangzhou, said that as a teacher and a mother, she eagerly hopes the quality of school uniforms will be improved soon．

　　What has caused all these problems?Chen Hong, a uniform designer in Shenzhen, pointed out that problems arise because the whole society doesn't see the importance of the school uniform．

　　"Most designers are likely to stick to the same old fashion, because there are no professionals(专业人员)of that work for students," Chen said．

　　"Besides, high quality calls for a high price," said Chen, "But in some schools, the annual expense for each student's uniform is only 50 to 60 yuan．"

　　"How can we produce high quality clothes with so little money?"

　　Even with these problems, efforts have been made to change the situation．A school clothes competition was held in April in Beijing．Thirty-seven uniforms, to be seen in schools next spring, were selected from 570．"We will offer the samples(样品)for schools to choose．" Zhai said．

　　Yet the Spirit Clothes Co．Ltd thinks that the most important thing is that each school has a different uniform．This makes each school unique(独一无二)．

　　"The perfect uniform should remind the students of the school's honor and cause them to be proud of it whenever and wherever they are．" Chen said．

　　Zhai added, "During the 2008 Olympic Games, the whole world will see the new appearance of our 21st century's young generation with new school uniforms．"

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　　I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company．Among the 　　1　　 we discuss in our classes is the 　　2　　 of quality employees(雇员)．

　　“What has caused you to stay 　　3　　 enough to become a manager?” I asked．After a while a new manager took the 　　4　　 and said slowly, “it was a baseball glove．”

　　Cynthia said she used to 　　5　　 a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的)one while she looked for something 　　6　　．On her second day behind the counter, she received a(an)　　7　　 from her nine-year-old son, Jessie．He 　　8　　 a baseball glove for the little League．She 　　9　　 that as a single mother, money was 　　10　　, and her first check would have to go for paying 　　11　　．

　　When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box．“I overheard you 　　12　　 to your son yesterday, ” she said, “and I know that it is 　　13　　 to explain things to kids．This is a baseball glove for Jessie．I know you have to pay bills 　　14　　you can buy gloves．You know we can’t 　　15　　good people like you as 　　16　　 as we would like to; but we do 　　17　　 and I want you to know how 　　18　　you are to us．”

　　The thoughtfulness, empathy(同情)and love of the store manager show vividly that people 　　19　　 more how much a(n)　　20　　 cares than how much he pays．