這是兒子十一歲上六年級開學(xué)時寫的一篇課堂作業(yè)。作業(yè)在四十分鐘內(nèi)完成。那時應(yīng)該是他人生的低谷狠裹，因為那年他姐姐去上大學(xué)了，艾倫獨自從美國回上海時汽烦，心里是空的涛菠。雖然整篇短文都不提姐姐的事情，但這是他寫這篇文章時的背景撇吞。
回憶隨想
- 狄艾倫 （11歲）
- 2015.8.21
學(xué)校不僅是一個學(xué)習(xí)俗冻、交友或好玩的地方。在某些情況下牍颈，學(xué)校是一個給你帶來終生回憶的地方迄薄。不過，你的所有終生回憶不可能都充滿著開心打鬧煮岁。恰恰相反讥蔽，其實很多回憶都是讓人傷心難過的時刻，譬如當(dāng)你們班養(yǎng)的寵物死了人乓，或者由于對方一位球員進球使得自己的球隊輸?shù)糍惣镜淖詈笠粓霰荣惽诶骸Ｈ松挠洃浾媸切涡紊级尽Ｓ邢才飞＃芯o張興奮。有各種心情會被記憶塵封而又被永遠(yuǎn)懷念账劲。
多數(shù)小孩都覺得學(xué)校像個監(jiān)獄戳护，每天關(guān)你七個小時，再把你放回你自己那個安全的家瀑焦。有些孩子每天早上醒來都這么想腌且，不過他們一進那座“監(jiān)獄”，卻又覺得像是回家了榛瓮，而且他們被跟他們感同身受的人包圍著铺董。然后他們就想，“也許今天將是不錯的一天” 禀晓。其實有時會精续，有時不會，你是很難控制自己的心情的粹懒。我們的心情會根據(jù)各種情況作出自己的選擇重付。很多小孩坐在課堂里不視一切人和事，有時看窗外凫乖，有時瞪著墻确垫，思緒遠(yuǎn)離現(xiàn)實弓颈，直到他們回過神來，找回思路删掀，他們完全忘卻身在何處翔冀。這在學(xué)生當(dāng)中是很常見的事情。
很多小孩從不記得課堂里教的東西爬迟。留在腦海里的往往是那些學(xué)到的人生大課橘蜜，譬如從如何報復(fù)一個朋友到如何交到一個朋友。無論具體情況怎樣付呕，你更可能記得一些和學(xué)習(xí)無關(guān)的大事计福，而不是那些有關(guān)學(xué)習(xí)的無關(guān)緊要的話題。所以徽职，學(xué)校不是一個只制造毫無益處的記憶或永遠(yuǎn)也用不到的信息的地方象颖，其實它會給你很多人生享用無窮的回憶。
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Memoir Essay
Name: Alan Deutsch
Date: 8/21/2015
School is more than just a place to learn, meet new friends, or have fun. In some cases school is where your lifelong memories are born. However, it is unlikely that all of your lifelong memories contain fun and frolic. Many of them, on the contrary, contain sad moments, like when the class pet passed away, or even when someone scored on your team which led to losing the season's final match. Life is filled with memories containing genres of all the sort. Sad, angry, happy, excited, nervous. There are all different types of emotions sealed away to be referred to forever.
Most kids may think of school as a prison holding you there for seven hours before releasing you back to your safe private home. Some kids wake up thinking that way every day, but as soon as they arrive to the so called “prison,” they start to feel at home, and that they are surrounded by people they can actually relate to. Then they start to think “Maybe today will be a good day.” Sometimes it is, other times not, you can't always control your emotions. Our emotions choose themselves depending on the situation. A lot of kids sit in class ignoring everyone and everything while looking out the window or even at the walls, drifting away from reality. Until they come back to their senses and try to focus on whatever they were doing before, they completely forget where they are. This is the case for many students.
A lot of kids never remember most of the content that is taught in classes. The stuff that really sticks with you are the lessons you learn from getting revenge on a friend to trying to get a friend at all. No matter what the case, it is more likely that you'll remember big non-academic stuff other than small specific academic subjects. That is why school is not just a place to make memories of no benefits or information that you'll probably never use again, but actually a place filled with memories that you'll put to good use for the rest of your life.
