学进去

It is 27 years since my last conversation with my mother,who didn’t finish school like many of her contemporary girls. She often told me，“I never got my __ but one day you will. ”

Pointing to a tree or cow，she asked me to __ their English names after her. Feeling __ ,1 asked，“Mama，why do I have to learn these foreign __ ?”She held her pen right before my eyes. “Hold it firmly，”she __ me，“for this pen and the new foreign language will be your compass to ___around the world. ” Sadly, my mother died of breast cancer when I was six.

Turning seven.I __ 30 miles to live closer to my school. But“closer”is a___ term in Uganda，which means I had to get up as the ___sun rose and then ran 8.8 miles barefoot to __ Also,I needed to carry a stick to __ snakes and dogs. During the __ season,the   path to school was   __ daily and I'd swim with one hand，using the other hand to hold the   book bag on my __.

Research shows 70 percent of poor children don’t __ primary school in Uganda. Reasons for this high dropout rate(辍学率)includes the long __ some children must __ among many other reasons.

Fortunately，I’ve made it. Whenever I see the sun rise, I am reminded of the __ of my mother, who __ me to dream big and to use the __ of the pen to make my dream come true.