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　　2014年高考序幕已经来开，除了复习之外，报考也是让学生和家长觉得难以抉择的一件事情。笔者作为高考过来人，提醒2014高考生及家长，不一定非要紧盯着名校，挑选适合自己的学校和专业才是最好的。

　　首先，考生实力是标准。高考是一次公平、公正、公开的选拔性考试，每个考生想要考取好成绩都要凭自己的实力。考生目前正处在复习阶段，要珍惜每一天的学习机会，利用每次测试了解自己的知识掌握情况，查缺补漏，提升自己的实力。在学习水平基本稳定的情况下，考生和家长可以大致定好目标高校区间。

　　其次，家长期待要适度。高考对于每位考生、每个家庭来说都是一件大事，考生和家长对于高考成绩、高考预期有一定的心理期待是很正常的。但是，高考毕竟有一定的不可预知性，家长要客观看待考生的成...

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　　Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, “Mom, I can’t peel potatoes. I have only one hand.”

　　Mom never looked up from sewing. “You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,” she told me. “And don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”

　　In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel rod to the next. When it was my turn, I shook my head. Some kids

　　behind me laughed, and I went home crying.

　　That night I told Mom about it. She hugged me, and I saw her “we’ll see about that” look. The next afternoon, she took me back to school.

　　At the deserted playground, Mom looked carefully at the bars.

　　“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other elbow. Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung I reached. I’ll never forget the next time, crossing the rungs,

　　I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.

　　One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mom come into my room. “Mom,” I sa...