My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year. In this way he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.
我十几岁的儿子卡尔在父亲去世后变得孤僻。作为一名单亲母亲，我尽力和他交流。但我越努力，他越是挣脱。收到他的三年级成绩单时，上面写着他今年已经缺席了95次课，有六次糟糕的成绩。这样他就永远不会毕业。我送他去学校导师那里，甚至乞求他，什么都没用。
One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and asked God for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything more for my son. I’m at the end of my rope. I’m giving the whole thing up to you.”
一天晚上，我感到非常无力，我跪下来向上帝求助。“求你了，上帝，我再也帮不了我儿子了。我尽力了，我要把一切都交给你。”
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” Before he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son, but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It’s out of my hands. ” For a moment there was silence on the other and of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “Thank you for your time”, and hung up.
一天，我正在工作，接到了一个电话，一个人自称校长，“我想和你谈谈卡尔的缺课。”他还没来得及说话，我就哽住了，我对卡尔的失望和悲伤都涌到了这个陌生人的耳朵里。“我爱我的儿子，但我只是不知道该怎么办。我尽了一切努力让卡尔重返学校，但没有任何效果。这是我无法控制的。”这一刻，电话线双方都沉默了。校长严肃地说：“谢谢你抽出时间”，然后挂了电话。
Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he was even on the list of the best students at school. In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were surprised at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”
卡尔的下一份成绩单显示他的成绩有了明显的提高。最后，他甚至被列入了学校最好的学生名单。在他四年级的时候，我和卡尔参加了一次家长会。我注意到，他的老师们对他的转变感到惊讶。在我们回家的路上，他说：“妈妈，记得去年校长的电话吗？”我点了点头。“那是我。我以为我只是开个玩笑，但当我听到你说的话时，我真的很震惊，我伤害了你。那时我知道我必须让你感到骄傲。”
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