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Andrew Engel was puzzled.
He was sitting in class, but had no idea what the other students were talking
about. He had done his homework, paid attention to lectures, and taken notes,
but nothing was familiar. "Everyone is much cleverer than I am," he thought.
It was a strange feeling, as he was always a good student in high school.
He felt even more puzzled
a few days later. He got lost on his way to his favourite cinema. What's worse,
he began having trouble finding the right words when speaking. He asked "What's
for dinner, Mum?" after he had just eaten. Poor Andrew, he was only 15!
His parents were worried
and took Andrew to see a doctor. A brain scan(扫描) made
it clear: Andrew had a malignant brain tumor(恶性脑肿瘤). It
was pressing on the part of the brain that makes new memory. He should be
operated on as soon as possible. Andrew was scared!
Doctors removed the tumor,
but Andrew's memory was still poor. He was told he would probably never go back
to school. Andrew was eager to enter a university, but it seemed that his dream
wouldn't come true.
"Even though they
told me this, I knew I wanted to go back to school," Andrew said, "I
wanted to get my memory back."
Andrew began by auditing(旁听) an English class at a nearby school. In class, he took notes
carefully and read his notes several times a day, then typed them again and
again. He studied twelve hours a day, seven days a week. He worked ten times harder
than other students. In 2007, at age 29, he graduated from a local university.
Six months later, Andrew
found a job.
