The text is a story about a boy who wants to get a scholarship. The boy lived in a poor family, so he also needs money to afford the school fee. Thus, he used persistence in finding jobs or scrubbing floors, but not in pushing himself intellectually. Then he got C-plus every time in exam, after his hard working and with the help of his teacher, he finally got the A and the scholarship.

In the text, there is also an important roles, it’s the teacher Dr. Jayne. It’s Dr. Jayne that gave the boy C every time on purpose in order to let the boy keep working hard. I think, without Jayne’s help, the boy maybe would not get the scholarship. This story obviously show the importance of the way of education and from the lesson given by Dr. Jayne, we can know that you have untapped powers within you, and you must use them, even if you can get by without trying. You must set your own standard of excellence.