家长会

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Carol checks her son's backpack every day 卡罗尔每天检查她儿子的书包

after school — 放学后——

artwork for the fridge, stories to read together. 冰箱上贴的画，可以一起读的故事。

But last week she found something that made her uneasy: a note about parent-teacher conferences. 但上周她发现了一件让她不安的事情：一张关于家长会的通知。

School had never been a happy place for Carol. 学校对卡罗尔来说从来都不是一个快乐的地方。

She had no fond memories of it. 她对学校没有美好的回忆。

Yet she knew how much her son's education mattered. 然而，她知道儿子的教育有多么重要。

The trouble was, none of the conference times worked with her schedule. 问题是，所有的会议时间都和她的日程安排冲突。

"I guess it won't work this time," she thought. “我想这次是行不通了，”她心想。

Then she read on: "If none of these times work, 然后她继续读下去：“如果这些时间都不行，

please call or email, and I'll meet with you whenever I can." 请打电话或发邮件，我会在我方便的时候与您见面。”

So Carol called, and the teacher gladly set up a meeting for 7:15 the next morning. 于是卡罗尔打了电话，老师欣然同意在第二天早上7点15分安排一次会面。

Carol wanted her son's years in school to be better than her own. 卡罗尔希望儿子在学校的时光能比她自己的更好。

And it started with a single phone call — 而这一切都始于一个电话——

a mother deciding that her own bad memories would not become her child's 一位母亲决定不让自己的糟糕回忆成为她孩子的

story. 故事。