深圳市新安中学高二（3）班 陈阳彪 指导老师：尹琳 汤颖

Chen Yangbiao, Class 3, Senior 2, Xin’an Middle School

Instructed by Yin Lin, Tang Ying

“Front of the Class” is an inspiring movie. After watching it, I was moved by the character Brad Cohen.

He had a strange disease called Tourette Syndrome. It made him make noises and have convulsions. When he was young, his classmates always made jokes about him. He was so sad that he didn’t want to stay at school. One day, his headmaster encouraged him. Cohen decided to become a teacher just like his headmaster.

After graduation, he had 25 interviews before a school accepted him and offered him a job. He worked very hard and cared for his students very much. His lessons were so interesting that his students really enjoyed his classes. He received the honor of “advanced teacher” many times.

The movie is very instructive, and I learned a lot from it. Cohen was always optimistic and stayed strong. Usually, a person will lose heart after failing to find a job after three or four interviews. However, Cohen kept going to his interviews one by one and failed 24 times. Finally, he succeeded on the 25th interview.

Because of his disease, he faced many difficulties in life, but he enjoyed his job and stayed happy every day. I learned from him never to give up no matter what misfortune may come my way. I will always keep his words in my mind, “Never let anything stop you from chasing your dream. You can’t develop bad habits or be addicted to playing computer games or watching TV series that will prevent you from achieving your goals.”