I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to

I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And   36   otherwise assignen（指定）a seat by the teacher, I always    37  to sit at the back of the classroom.
All this    38   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   39   because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the   40  to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “   41  for  it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.
Getting up t he courage to go to the tryouts was only the    42  of it! When I first started  43   
the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much    44 what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get     45   and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid.   46   , I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to    47    on learning the game, do my best at each prctice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t    48  “just yet”.
I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the   49  and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and moticating. Very soon the petitive   50  in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the   51    — friends who respect my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!
With my    52   self-confidence es more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from   “53”  in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself,   54  
raising my hand — even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent   55  I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.
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