從支教中獲益良多
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支教是一項支援落後地區鄉鎮中小學校的教育和教學管理工作。支教是一個提升自己、沉澱自己的過程，不僅幫助了別人，也鍛煉了自己，是一種難得的經曆。我們來看看Connie參加完支教後，對她的工作以及其他方麵的影響。
Tanner： Hey， Connie！ Good to see you back in the office.
Connie： It’s good to be back！ I’m glad to see everything’s still 1）status quo around here.
Tanner： Well， you were only gone for one week. 2）Say， I’m still not clear on why you were gone.
Connie： Oh， I went to do some volunteer teaching.
Tanner： So that’s what you were up to！ ①I didn’t know you had a heart of gold.
Connie： Oh， stop it！ Actually， it was a lot of fun.
Tanner： ②So how did you even get into volunteer teaching？
Connie： Well， ③a connection from my college days hooked me up with a charity organization that puts these kind of trips together every month or so.
Tanner： Every month？ I had no idea these events were going on all the time.
Connie： Sure. ④These days， a lot of people are looking for ways to give back.
Tanner： Well， I applaud your 3）civic-mindedness.
Connie： ⑤There you go again！
Tanner： But how did you get Anderson to approve the leave of absence？ She’s pretty 4）tightfisted about time off.
Connie： ⑥Even hard nuts like Anderson can have their soft spots. In Anderson’s case， she grew up in a poor area as well and she really sees value in this kind of project.
Tanner： Education is the road to a better life， they say.
Connie： Exactly. And anyway， teaching has benefits for my current work as well.
Tanner： Like what？
Connie： Well， presentation and communication skills， for one. ⑦When you work with kids whose background is different from yours， you can run into a lot of communication issues. You really have to think about the 5）optimal way of presenting information. That’s good experience for people in our line of work.
Tanner： I can see that.
Connie： Oh， and patience. You have to have a lot of patience to work with kids. ⑧After a week surrounded by elementary school students， putting up with co-workers is a piece of cake！