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Essay on In the Beginning is the Word

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The most meaningful thought for me is “In the beginning is the word.” Like we talked about during the class, the word is really powerful, even though it is just the smallest unit of sharing meaning. Strangers begin a conversation by just a word, maybe Hello. I think the most difficult part of a communication is the beginning. People fear to be the first one to speak, or they do not know how to speak. That is also why people always talk with their friends instead strangers. As can be seen, once the conversation begins, it is no longer hard to continue. All we should do it to use the word to make the beginning. At the same time, the word is also important. Word is the beginning of every communication. People use words to express their …show more content…

This situation continued until a midterm exam. I was one of the best students in the class. In China, teachers always have a rank of students’ grade. I remember after that midterm, I had a really bad score of math, which impacted on my total grade. I got 76 out of 120, which was pretty low comparing to others. My class advisor talked to me, he said: “What’s wrong with your math? Is there something wrong with your score?” I felt ashamed and told him: “I don’t know. Maybe it is too hard for me.” I didn’t tell him the reason why I didn’t like this class. He asked me to talk to Shelly. So I did.
It was an afternoon, and the sun was really warm. When I entered teachers’ office, I saw her desk was close to the window and furthest from the door. She was sitting there writing something on a paper with a pen. Shelly was the only teacher left in the room. When I was thinking about what I would say to her, she saw me and waved her hand to ask me to go there. When I was there, she pulled another chair to let me sit. Then I noticed she was wearing just a simple gray sweater that day. I remember the first sentence she told me is “You are really smart!” When she was smiling when she said that, and the sunshine was on her face. She looked like an angel at that moment. I was shocked because I thought she did not like me as I did not like her. Then Shelly said, “I found you did really well in the past exams. Do not worry about the score of this time, the

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