4.Success Story（212）

LESSON 4Success Story

Last Sunday morning, I played shadowboxing with Lao Chen in the community garden. He retired a year ago and told me about his work experiences.

When he was in college, Lao Chen studied Math and worked hard to improve his English so he could go to graduate school.

After he graduated, he became a teacher at a middle school, teaching both Math and English.

Five years later, he got a job as an interpreter at a big company and had the chance to travel abroad.

He worked at the company for almost ten years until it went out of business.

After losing his job, he tried different businesses over the years.

Unfortunately, he not only lost all his money but also got into debt.

Twelve years ago, he rented two classrooms and started an after-school English program.

He taught the kids himself and made his own textbooks.

In just a few years, the small after-school program grew into ten schools across the province, with over six hundred staff and more than thirty thousand students.

Lao Chen felt proud as he talked about his decisions and hard work that led to his success.

Just then, his wife came and asked him to go help tutor their grandson in English.