The class seems to be greatly surprised. Our professions？ We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be _36 _. “Yes, you will all be searching for your future  37 . Each of you will have to  38 someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”

Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This_39_I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him_40_able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen？”

I shook my head. “How about some  41_？” I shook my head again .

Finally , I thought he realized I was  42, and I got my first big tip as a 43 : “Never,never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into. ”After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from  44  in class. I got an A on the entire project.

Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I _45 _Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t__46__me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and  47  all my life I had to run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood. _48__gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was  49 .

For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, __50 __stories from murders to airplane crashes and  51 choosing my strongest area. 52 _I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been __53__Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.

I get 54 all the time: “How did you pick journalism？”

“Well, you see, there was a teacher…”I just wish I could 55her.