Another subject which was required every semester in High School was English. Our English teacher in those six semesters was an older lady (in her fifties) named Liang Jing-Shung (梁瀞训). She was an outstanding teacher, but she had one weak spot. She had some favorite students and I was one of them. Once she decided that you were a good student, you did not seem to be able to do anything wrong. Because of that, I did not work as hard as I ought to. I should have paid more attention, then maybe I could have learned more! In the class, she only asked a few students to answer her questions, or to recite some phrases. In these respects, we, the favorite students, benefited from her prejudice. She always had a smiling face, she was well-liked. We knew that she had a lot of "good jobs" waiting for her should she decide to quite her teaching job, since during that period of time, people with a good English background were wanted in every corner. She was from one of the few well-off families who did not really need her income and so she could just choose what she liked to do! In that sense, we the class was a very lucky class. Unfortunately I do not have a picture of her smile!
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