Today I’d like to tell you about a person that inspired me to do something new. Well, I knew her because she was not only my homeroom teacher, but also my math teacher. Talking about Miss Hang herself, she has a well-proportioned figure with curly hair. She is about 50 years old, but she is always open-minded, always welcomes new things. She also shares confessions in an person who always gives advice to us. For these characteristics, we love her so much. I still remember we believed that when I was studying in secondary school, I’m an introverted person. I’m really taciturn and timid that didn’t have many friends and didn’t join any competition, although it’s within my ability. This time, I met Miss Hang. I saw she is a go-getter. One time, she had a competition to select who is a good teacher. She put all her heart and effort into striving for the title. Luckily, she didn’t achieve it. I thought she’ll be sad and tired, but she was also fond and joked around with Earth. I’m really curious, so I asked her why she doesn’t feel sad. She told me that failure is the key to success. She also said she failed this competition, but she’ll make an effort to win in the next competition. After her story, I thought that I need more confidence in myself and dare to try something new. I tried a competition about studying. Although I won the second, I felt really happy because I had a courage to try.
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Today I'd like to tell you about a person who inspired me to do something new. I knew her because she was not only my homeroom teacher but also my math teacher. Talking about Miss Hang herself, she has a well-proportioned figure with curly hair. She is about 50 years old, but she is always open-minded and welcomes new things. She also shares confessions as a person who always gives advice to us. For these characteristics, we love her so much. I still remember when I was studying in secondary school, I was an introverted person. I was really taciturn and timid, and I didn't have many friends or join any competitions, even though it was within my ability. This changed when I met Miss Hang. I saw that she is a go-getter. One time, she had a competition to select the best teacher. She put all her heart and effort into striving for the title. Luckily, she didn't achieve it. I thought she would be sad and tired, but she was cheerful and joked around with us. I was really curious, so I asked her why she didn't feel sad. She told me that failure is the key to success. She also said she failed this competition, but she would make an effort to win in the next competition. After her story, I realized that I needed more confidence in myself and dared to try something new. I entered a competition about studying. Although I won second place, I felt really happy because I had the courage to try.
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