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　　I should say I owe my success to my mother．My belief began when I was just a kid．I 　　1　　 becoming a doctor．

　　My mother was a servant．Through her work, she found that successful people spent a lot more time reading than they 　　2　　 watching television．She told my brother and me to watch only two or three pre-selected TV programs during the week．In our free time, we had to read two books from the Detroit Public Library and present written book reports to her．She would mark them up with check marks and highlights(最好的部分)．Years later we realized her marks were a trick because my mother was uneducated．

　　When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for 　　3　　．I wanted the brightly colored clothes and I wanted to hang out(闲荡)with the guys．I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student．One night my mother came home after 　　4　　 her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian shirts．She said,“Okay, I'll give you all the money I 　　5　　 this week by scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills．With everything paid off, you can have all the Italian shirts you want．”I was very 　　6　　 with that arrangement but once I got through allocating(分配)the money, there was 　　7　　 left．

　　I realized my mother was a great woman to be able to get everything ready for us．I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere．Success needed good preparation．I went back to 　　8　　 and became an A-student again, and at last I 　　9　　 my dream and became a doctor．

　　My mother is a woman with 　　10　　 formal education or money．She used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children．There is no job more important than parenting．