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A 体裁 夹叙夹议文 话题 学会倾听 词数 300 I’m a straight-A student and have been my whole life. When you come from a family of educators, it just seems 1 . With high academic standards and a competitive 2 , I don’t just like losing and I also can’t 3 it. I need to beat the 4 students, perfectly in everything. I’ve even gone so far as to define myself by my 5 , saying how outstanding I am. If I don’t get the grade I 6 then I am lost. Today I was sitting in class trying to 7 the last minutes studying for a test in which I had to get full marks. 8 the girl behind me started talking to me, I tried to listen 9 while still glancing at my study sheet 10 . When I thought the conversation required it, I smiled, nodded and 11 . And then I found myself wishing she would be 12 so I could study. After a while, she said, “You know, you’re a really good 13 . You’re so easy to talk to. ”I froze. I replayed the praise in my head before smiling and accepting it 14 . But inside, I knew it wasn’t true. She’d made every effort to have a conversation and I wasn’t even trying to 15 . I passed the test excellently despite my 16 of lost study time, but the one thing I needed to learn most wasn’t on that test. I had 17 being the best student so that I had failed at just being normal. So what 18 to me most? What I have is all about my personal 19 and about me being too self-centered. There can only be so many scholars, but there is 20 enough sympathy. I want that to be what matters to me—sympathy. | 
