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If our kids don’t fall, they don’t learn to get up. I still remember the day in high school that my mom forgot to pick me up from school. I’m the oldest of four children, and no doubt she’d had a long day with the other kids and she forgot it. After waiting at school for an hour, I walked the three miles home, and when I got to my house, I shut our front door with anger, stormed into the kitchen and screamed in my mom’s face that she’d forgotten me.
Later that night, my dad told me I no longer had a ride to school the next day. I thought my mom would still take me, but when the morning came, she refused. It was midterm, and as a top student ready to start college applications, being late wasn’t proper. In my mind, missing these tests means the end of my academic career. I begged my mom. But she held her ground, and that day, I walked to school. And I missed my tests.
My mom didn’t rescue(营救) me from failure. She let me suffer from it. She let me figure it out. She let me learn. Now, as a mom myself, I’ve realized that I want my kids to experience failure because failure is how we grow, learn and think outside of ourselves. It’s how we self-educate to learn what’s right and respectable, and what’s not. It’s how we become responsible and enthusiastic.
Falling down makes us better, because we learn how to get up.
21. Why did the author shout at her mother?
A. Because she missed some important tests.
B. Because her mother had ruined her future.
C. Because she was tired after walking home.
D. Because her mother didn’t pick her up home.
22. What does the underlined phrase “held her ground” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Gave in to me. B. Said yes to me.
C. Stayed in the place. D. Insisted on her decision.
23. What is the best title for the text?
A. Stop Rescuing Your Kids from Failure
B. Try to Meet Your Kids’ Requirements
C. Offer Your Kids Help if Necessary
D. Be Strict with Your Kids
