Never a Perfect Mark?

31 Never a Perfect Mark? When I was in primary school, 1 enjoyed learning about interesting things. But one thing bothered me. I could never get a perfect mark on my math tests like some of the girls did. Every time I brought home my report card, before my mom read it, she could guess what the math score was-it had always been sitting just above 90. My mom even joked about it. She said, “ Could you bring home a perfect mark just once?" One day, I talked to my mom about this. She asked me to think about why this was so. I thought about it. After a lot of thinking, I figured out what my problem was. “ Mom, some questions are really simple. I know how to solve them right away. So I work them out fast. " " Oh?" Mom listened carefully. “ Yes. They're so easy that I get careless. And I make errors, like copying my answer with an extra zero. And I don't check. "

" I see, " Mom said. “ When the questions are simple, you are not careful enough. So any error costs you the perfect mark. " She continued, " But I don't think 'copying an extra zero' is a small error. If you are calculating a number for a spaceship, an extra zero may lead to a total failure of the launch. " " I see. I shall try to be fast and careful, too. " Our discussion continued. " How about the difficult questions?" asked Mom. " I try to solve them. But they are hard. " Mom laughed, “ Difficult questions take a long time to solve. The first thing you have to do is to understand the question. Then you do your best to solve it. And you don't give up easily, right?" Mom's advice made it really easy. I could hardly wait until the next mathematics exam. You know what? A few weeks later, I did finally get a perfect mark!