My friend Alice decided to be a nurse 　　1　　 she was four years old．She always wanted to play “doctors and nurses” with other children．When she left school last year, she still wanted to be a 　　2　　．One day she saw an advertisement in the newspaper：DO YOU WANT TO HELP PEOPLE? STUDY NURSING．Send this form to us for more information(情况)．Alice 　　3　　 the table with her name and address．She cut it out and 　　4　　 it that day．

　　Later September she started her studies in a big 　　5　　 in Richmond．She had to study very hard．She went to classes every day and studied late at night．She 　　6　　 went to bed until twelve o’ clock．Then a really important day came：her first day in a ward(病房)．At last she was really helping 　　7　　 instead of just sitting in classes or learning from books．At first, student nurses have to do all kinds of work in the ward．They help to serve(端)meals or wash the patients．They also keep the ward tidy and make the 　　8　　．They can’t give injections(打针)or help the doctors．

　　One of Alice’s jobs was in the ward of old people．She was told to clean all patients’false(假的)teeth．She asked each patient if he had any false 　　9　　．She brought all the teeth together and took them to the washing room．Instead of cleaning each of teeth one by one, she put them all into one big plate．

　　“It’ll be quicker this way,” She said to herself．“Then I can give back everyone’s teeth!” Alice stood in the middle of the ward with her big plate of teeth．She had no idea 　　10　　 teeth these are．The problem is how the old men could find their own teeth．

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　　I had the meanest mother in the whole world．While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have cereal, eggs or toast．While others had Cokes and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich．As you can guess, my supper was different from the other kids' too．But at least, I wasn't alone in my sufferings．My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did．

　　My mother insisted upon knowing where we were at all times．She had to know who our friends were and where we were going．She insisted if we said we'd be gone an hour, then we should be gone one hour or less－not one hour and one minute．And she always insisted upon us telling the truth．Now you can see how mean she was．

　　The worst is yet to come．We had to be in bed by nine each night and up at eight the next morning．We couldn't sleep till noon like our friends．So while they slept－my mother actually had the courage to break the Child Labor Law．She made us work．We had to wash dishes, make beds, and learn to cook．We had to wear clean clothes and take a bath every day．The other kids always wore their clothes for days．We reached the height of disgrace because she made our clothes herself, just to save money．I believe she laid awake at night thinking up mean things to do to us．

　　Through the years, things didn't improve a bit．We could not lie in bed “sick” like our friends did, and miss school．Our marks in school had to live up to expectations．Our friends' report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for passing, red for failing．My mother, being as different as she was, would be satisfied with nothing less than ugly black marks．

　　As the years rolled by, first one and then the other of us was put to shame．We graduated from high school．With our mother behind us, talking, hitting and demanding respect, none of us was allowed the pleasure of being a drop-out．

　　My mother was a complete failure as a mother．Out of four children, a couple of us attained some higher education．None of us have ever been arrested or divorced．Each of my brothers served his time in the service of this country．She forced us to grow up into God-fearing, educated, honest adults．I am now trying to raise my three children．I am filled with pride when my children call me mean．Why? Because now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the whole world．

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