Each of us makes mistakes from time to time. In fact, we can get a lot from our mistakes.
Donnie was a shy student and never answered questions in class. He was1to make mistakes. He never finished his homework s：2he didn't want to make any mistakes. Nothing changed until Marry Anne, a teacher, came to our class.
One morning, Marry Anne asked Donnie to ask some questions. After a while Donnie was in tears because he made a mistake.3Marry Anne got a box full of erasers from the desk.
"Look, Donnie," she said standing4him. "I've got something to show you." She took out the erasers, one at a time, and put them on the desk.
"See these erasers, Donnie?" she continued," Do you know5the erasers become smaller and smaller? That's because we make mistakes. But we erase the mistakes and try 6. That's what you must learn."
"Here," she said," I'll leave one eraser on your desk, so you will remember that everybody may make mistakes." Donnie looked at Marry Anne and smiled.
Donnie changed a lot from then on. He knew that everyone had the permission to make mistakes as long as you learned them and tried again.
