摘要
这个故事始于二十多年前——艾梅·尤班克斯·戴维斯那时刚当上老师，在美国新奥尔良市一处潦倒破落的片区教六年级。她渐渐与自己的学生建立起深厚的感情。时光荏苒，师生之间一直保持联络，她会帮他们选择合适的高中和大学。很快，学生们要开始考虑就业了，其中有些人还想当老师呢。艾梅：忽然之间，你有种“噢，天啊！”的感觉，这就是你梦寐以求的时刻——看着自己的学生即将美梦成真。不过在很多时候，美梦仅仅是美梦罢了。许多她教过的学生并没有被录用，他们收到的是拒绝信。艾梅：我很吃惊。
This story starts some20years ago in a1)downtrodden part of New Orleans.Aimee Eubanks Davis was a brand-new sixth grade teacher.She came to love her students.And as the years passed,she kept in touch,helping them pick the right high school and then the right college.Soon they were thinking about jobs,and some wanted to become teachers themselves.
