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What should I do?
What should I do? At Debbie's school,students can write to the teacher counsellor about their problems as well as speak to her. Here are extracts from three letters she received recently. 1 One evening last month, I was visiting a close friend in her new high rise flat when she accidentally knocked a flower pot from her window. It smashed on the ground below,narrowly missing some children at play. However,we could see that no one was hurt, so we said nothing and left for the movies as planned. Returning home later that evening, my friend learned that the police had been to the flats and questioned all the tenants present. They had even taken the son of one tenant to the police station. After questioning him,they let him go temporarily. Frightened of losing her job in the civil service, my friend has said nothing to the police. Although no one was injured,I have a guilty conscience and ... 2 Late last night,while traveling home by train. I saw three tough guys enter my almost empty carriage. Sitting down beside a young boy who was travelling alone, they began to tease and bully him. Their behaviour was so bad that it made him move to another seat. That did no good. They just followed him and continued their bullying. The boy was obviously frightened. At this point,I got off at my station and walked home, feeling sorry for the boy. I wanted to help him, but not being Superman and hating violence,what could I do?Should I...? 3 The check out assistant at my usual supermarket is always rude and unhelpful. When I gave her a five-hundred dollar note to pay for an eight dollar purchase, she was so busy grumbling that she accidentally gave me an extra hundred-dollar note in my change. On discovering the error,I went back to tell her about it. 'Excuse me,'I said. But before I could continue,she barked, 'Can't you see there's a queue?Go to the end and wait your turn.' That did it!I left the shop with the hundred dollars and a clear conscience. I had done my best,before leaving,to correct the error. But ...
我該怎么辦？ 在黛比的學(xué)校，學(xué)生可以寫信給輔導(dǎo)員 跟輔導(dǎo)員聊聊他們遇到的問題。 以下是從輔導(dǎo)員近期受到的信件中抽出的三封。 1 上個(gè)月某一天的晚上， 我去一個(gè)好朋友家，她家住在一棟高樓大廈里 這時(shí)候她不小心把一個(gè)花盆從窗臺(tái)推了下去。 這個(gè)花盆在地上砸得粉碎，差點(diǎn)就砸中了在旁邊玩的小孩。 但是我們看得很清楚，沒有人受傷， 所以我們說應(yīng)該沒什么事，然后就按計(jì)劃去看電影了。 那天晚上回家的時(shí)候已經(jīng)很晚了， 我的朋友得知警察來過大樓 并且詢問了當(dāng)時(shí)所有在場(chǎng)的住戶。 他們甚至把一個(gè)住戶的孩子帶去了警察局。 在詢問他之后，立馬就讓他離開了。 由于害怕丟了公務(wù)員的工作， 我朋友什么都沒跟警察說。 雖然沒人受傷，我還是感到內(nèi)疚并且... 2 昨晚后半夜，在我坐火車回家的時(shí)候 我看到三個(gè)身材健壯的男人走進(jìn)了我坐的那節(jié)幾乎沒人的車廂。 他們?cè)谝粋€(gè)獨(dú)自旅行的年輕小伙身邊坐下了， 之后他們就開始取消和威脅他。 他們的行為很過分，以致那個(gè)男孩不得不換了個(gè)座位。 但這沒起到多大作用。 他們跟著他，繼續(xù)欺負(fù)他。 那個(gè)男孩很明顯嚇壞了。 在這個(gè)時(shí)候，我離開了我的座位回家了， 我對(duì)那個(gè)男生感到深深的抱歉。 我想幫他 但是我又不是超人，也不喜歡暴力方式解決問題，我能怎么辦？我該不該... 3 我經(jīng)常去的超市的收銀員總是很粗魯而且沒多大用處。 當(dāng)我給她500美元來買一個(gè)80美元的商品時(shí)， 她卻在忙著發(fā)牢騷 以致不小心多找了我100美元。 在發(fā)現(xiàn)這個(gè)錯(cuò)誤之后，我便回去告訴她。 “打擾你一下，”我說。 但是在我剛想繼續(xù)說的時(shí)候，她就大喊， “你看不到這里排了多長(zhǎng)的隊(duì)嗎？到隊(duì)伍最后排隊(duì)去?！?就是這樣！我懷著問心無愧的心情和多找的100美元離開了商店。 我已經(jīng)盡力了，我在離開之前努力去糾正這個(gè)錯(cuò)誤。但是...