Overcoming My Fear--A Student's Essay

 The following is the writing task I gave on Monday (Class 314) and Tuesday (Class 309), which I had found in English Digest.

提示：幾乎每個人都有特別害怕的事或物，請以自身經驗為例，寫一篇120至150個單詞(words)的英文作文。文分兩段，第一段以I used to be really afraid of…為開頭並加以發展；第二段則以To overcome this fear,…為主題句。

Most students did quite a good job. Here is one by a student in Class 309.

I used to be really afraid of asking the teacher questions in class, because I thought that asking questions would make me look dumb, and that I would probably just be wasting my classmates’ time when the teacher was answering my question. As a result, whenever I had a question, I would ask my classmates instead of the teacher, but that only led to more problems and confusions, because while my classmate were answering my question, both of us were unable to listen to what the teacher was saying. So in the end, I decided that I had to conquer this fear.

To overcome this fear, first, I tried convincing myself that asking questions would not be an interruption to my classmates, but a chance for not only me but also my classmates to learn more, or clarify what we had learned. Second, I practiced asking the teacher at break time when I was the only one to receive the answer. Then, I gathered up my courage and started to ask questions in class. The process was not very easy, but with a few steps, I was able to successfully overcome this fear of mine. (195 words) (309 張世仁)

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