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　　I met Mrs．Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of the directors．Almost instantly I loved her．She had an Unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking, 　　1　　 she was encouraging and inspiring．For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me．

　　Mrs．Neidl would ask me for my 　　2　　．She wanted to know how I thought we should 　　3　　 things．At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew 　　4　　 about stage design!But I slowly began to respond to her 　　5　　．It was cause and effect：She believed I had opinions, so I began to 　　6　　 them．She trusted me to complete things, so I completed them perfectly．She loved how 　　7　　 I was, so I began to show up to paint more and more．She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself．

　　Mrs．Neidl's 　　8　　 that year was, "Try it．We can always paint over it 　　9　　!"I began to take 　　10　　．I had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing-only things to be 　　11　　 upon．I learned to dip my brush into the paint and 　　12　　 create something．

　　The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year．I was 　　13　　 in the program as "Student Art Assistant" because of the time and effort I'd put in．It was that year that I 　　14　　 I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design．

　　Being on that stage-design team 　　15　　 Mrs．Neidl changed me completely．Not only was I stronger and more competent than I had thought, but I also 　　16　　 a strong interest and a world I hadn't known existed．She taught me not to 　　17　　 what people think I should do：She taught me to take chances and not be 　　18　　．Mrs．Neidl was my comforter when I was upset．Her 　　19　　 in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined 　　20　　．