Steve, a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents, was about to drop out of school．He had been failing since his first grade．He was 1 until he met Miss White．
2 he liked this beautiful teacher, he still failed and never did his homework．So he was often punished．
One Friday, Miss White went over the test results of the seventh grade．“You all did pretty well,”she told the class,“except for one boy, and it 3 my heart to tell you this, but…”She 4 , staring at Steve．“The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class!”All the other children looked at him．Steve dropped his eyes and carefully examined his 5 ．
After that, things were not better．Steve still 6 do his homework．Even as the 7 became more severe, he remained stubborn．
“Just try it!One week!”He was 8 ．
“You’re smart enough!You’ll see a change!”It didn’t matter to him．
“Give yourself a chance!Don’t 9 up on your life!” 10 happened．
“Steve!Please!I care about you!”Wow!Suddenly, Steve got it!!Someone cared about him?Someone, totally unattainable and perfect, CARED ABOUT HIM??!!From that moment on, he changed totally．He was always 11 a smile on his face, and became the first to hand in his homework!He discovered that not only could he 12 , but he was good at it!Steve began to excel(突出)!And he continued this course throughout his school life．
Later, Steve graduated from college Magna Cum Laude and had a successful career．