Tinawasaseventeen-year-oldgirlwhoalwaysworeabrightsmile.Shesufferedfromadiseaseandhadtouseawalkermostofthetime.Maybeitwasbecauseshelooked    andpeopledidn’tknowhowtocomeneartoher.Tinausuallybroketheicewithpeopleshemetwithabig“      ”
Inoneclass,Igavethestudentsanassignment(作业)to       apoem.IonlymadetheassignmentworthaverysmallpartoftheirtotalgradesinceIknewmostofmy       wouldnotdoitanyway.Intheclass,onebyoneeachstudent      tocorrectlyrecite(背诵)thepoem.Finally,angryandhalfjoking,Isaidthatthenextstudentwho       recitethepoemhadtodothreepush-up(俯卧撑).Tomy        ,Tinawasnext.Sheusedherwalkertomovetothefrontoftheclass.       sherecited,shemadeamistake.BeforeIcouldsayaword,she       herwalkerandstarteddoingpush-ups.Iwantedtosay,“Tina,Iwasjust       !”Butshe      ,continuedthepoemandshefinishedtherestperfectly.
Whenshefinished,astudentasked,“Tina,whydidyoudothat?It’snotanimportantassignment!”
“BecauseIwanttobelikeyouguys!Tobe       .”Tinasaid.
Silencefellonthewholeroomwhenanotherstudentcriedout,“Tina,we’renotnormal!Weareteenagers!
Wegetin      allthetime.”
“Iknow,”Tinasaidasabig      spreadacrossherface.Therestofthestudentslaughed,too.
Tinagotonlyafew       thatday,butshegottheloveandrespectofherclassmates.Toher,thatwas
worthalotmorethanagrade.