I would like to describe a time when I was embarrassed. That was 10 years ago when I was in higher school. Underfed from the literature teacher came into the class and he called me out to come and recite a poem that he taught to the previous day. Fortunately, after that class I never went to recite it or to learn that poem. So it was really a hill of task for me because I didn’t know where to start. I couldn’t recite the first line. So I was so ashamed in front of the class. I knew higher students started laughing at me. So I was so ashamed of myself, so embarrassed. So I was just standing hoping that he would allow me to go and sit down. And the literature teacher lashed me. He said all sorts to me. But what I learned from it is trying to go back and recite or to learn any lecture that the teacher teaches before the next class. That’s the lesson I learned from it. Then from coping I was able to breathe. I was able to listen, not minding the reaction of my colleagues in the class. I was just looking at the man trying to cope, trying to get the message that he was passing to me. And I was able to get it and bet I couldn’t recite that poem. I even gave him the assignment that I should go and recite it, learn it, and cry it so that I would come to the office the next day to recite the poem for him. And that I did. It taught me a lesson, a good lesson of going back always to read my books. And that helped me immensely in my college. And after that I was able to do it for the world in the higher school.
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I would like to describe a time when I was embarrassed. That was 10 years ago when I was in high school. One day, the literature teacher came into the class and called me out to recite a poem that he had taught the previous day. Unfortunately, I had not gone to recite it or learn that poem. So it was really a huge task for me because I didn't know where to start. I couldn't recite the first line. I felt so ashamed in front of the class. I knew the other students started laughing at me. I was so embarrassed, just standing there hoping that he would allow me to sit down. The literature teacher scolded me. He said all sorts of things to me. But what I learned from it is to try to go back and recite or learn any lecture that the teacher teaches before the next class. That's the lesson I learned from it. In coping, I was able to breathe. I was able to listen, not minding the reactions of my classmates. I was just looking at the teacher, trying to cope, trying to understand the message he was conveying to me. I was able to get it, but I couldn't recite that poem. He even gave me the assignment to go and learn it so that I would come to his office the next day to recite the poem for him. And I did. It taught me a valuable lesson about always going back to read my books. That helped me immensely in college. After that, I was able to do well in high school.
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