Public schools are supposed to remove barriers so people can succeed. For some, the system does remove barriers and provide a solid base for achievement. For others, the system replaces one set of barriers with another. For example, creativity is killed by pressuring students to accept the current situation, by establishing a fear to be different and a fear of failure. Independent thinking is replaced by dependency. In some cases, pressure to succeed academically kills morality, faithfulness motivation, and skills needed for success in the real world. People who have a dream, motivating them can overcome all barriers on the whole.

My story begins in Summit, NJ, at the age of sixteen, where I am sitting in a classroom staring out of the window. Out of the first window I could see myself exploring the jungles of South America searching for gold, I could see myself going down the Amazon River on a boat, I could see monkeys swinging through the trees, I could see myself as Tarzan swinging on a climbing plant. Through the next window, I could see…

    Then BANG! The teacher's yardstick hitting my desk brought me back to the real world where subjects did not relate to my interest. In a loud voice the teacher said, "You are a failure! If you don't pay attention, you will continue to be a failure!"

    When the bell rang, instead of going to the next class I walked out of school never to return. I was tired of being called a failure. Right or wrong, I took charge of my future. When I left school, I carried the single most important basic factor for success---A DREAM. During the next twenty years, every one of my teenage dreams came true.

    You may be asking, "How does one make their dreams come true?" There are three basic factors:

    First, we must have a dream that motivates us. No one has ever achieved anything without a dream attached to a burning desire.

    Second, we must learn how-to-learn. In school, we learn how to memorize or be taught. Learning how to learn frees our dependency on others for knowledge.

    Third, we must learn from failure and learn how to bounce back from failure. No one has ever succeeded without failure. In the classroom, failure is a no-no.

26. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?

A. Public schools should make it easier for students to succeed.

B. Some public schools have no barriers at all.

C. There are a lot of barriers in all public schools.

D. Barriers have been replaced by new ones in most public schools.

27. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 2?

A. The author left school because of his dream.

B. The author slept and had a dream.

C. The author didn’t listen carefully to the teacher.

D. The author made a plan for the future

28. The author intended to show that ___________.

A. he was bored in class

B. it is not necessary to receive an education

C. he was considered to be a failure at school

D. people sticking to their dreams can succeed

29. According to the passage, _________ is the most important factor of success.

A. having a dream                      B. knowing how-to-learn

C. overcoming failure                   D. having a good education

30. On the whole, the author’s attitude towards America’s public schools is ___________.

A. agreeable          B. unsatisfied        C. arbitrary       D. unknown

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