I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And   1    otherwise assignen（指定）a seat by the teacher, I always    2   to sit at the back of the classroom.
All this    3   after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy   4    because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the   5   to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “   6   for  it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.
Getting up t he courage to go to the tryouts was only the    7   of it! When I first started  8   
the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much    9  what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get     10    and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid.   11    , I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to    12     on learning the game, do my best at each prctice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t    13   “just yet”.
I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the   14  and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and moticating. Very soon the competitive   15   in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the   16     — friends who respect my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!
With my    17    self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from   “18”   in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself,  19  
raising my hand — even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent   20   I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.
  

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