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Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer. The training I received, though (36) , did nut tell me how it was to work with a real student, however. When I began to (37) what other people’s lives were like because they could not read, I (38) the true importance of reading. My first student Connie was a 40-year-old (39) mother of two. In the first lesson, I found out she walked three miles to the nearest (40) twice a week because she didn’t know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus (41) , she told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had (42) once she got to the supermarket because she couldn’t always remember what she needed. Since she did not know how to spell words, she could not write out a shopping (43) . As we worked together, learning how to read built Connie’s self-confidence, which encouraged her to continue in her studies. (44) . After tills successful trip, she reported how confident she felt. (45) . I found that helping others to build their self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before. (46) . In fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Connie did.