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Continual "English writing help" Please tell me how I could improve the writing below. Thank you
My question was still not answered before I left school very late at night at the end of term when I was trying to get an evening newspaper from a nearby store. To my surprise, Mary was looking after the store! She was attentively reading a textbook in the dim light of the store so she did not notice me. “Mary,” I called. She blushed and murmured “Good…good evening Ms Brown … please sit down.” My smile comforted her and she started telling me about the store. Her father had died and her mother had been sick for months so Mary took up the duty to deliver morning posts and evening posts to the customers of the store. That was the reason why she had been late for school all year. In the dim of light, I noticed a handwriting on her arm “Work hard, be a doctor! “
My eyes glittered with tears on my way home. How wrong I had been as a teacher? I had always taught my students not to judge a book by its cover, but I judged an encyclopaedia by its cover! I had a negative attitude towards Mary, which I tried to convince myself was merely because I thought Mary was irresponsible for being late for school, and had no connection with Mary’s untidy, shabby state of appearance. My prejudice also made me suspected her of cheating. Thanks be to God as I had not been too repulsive to convict her for cheating in exams. Regretting profoundly my misconception towards Mary, I was also inspired by her strong determination, her hard work and her never-give-up spirit. After that, I started helping Mary with her study. Mary became a doctor at last.
Never judge a book by its cover: read the book and cherish it. This book has taught a teacher who thought she knew everything.
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