On the first day of my school life

On the first day of my school life in the USA, I showed a great interest in my marketing class. My
teacher, Mrs. Tolman, suggested I __1__ a national marketing club called DECA attracting many
students with talent and interest in__2__. So I did.
The first__3__ was to raise money for the marketing competition later in the year by selling
candles. Mrs. Tolman said the competition was due in a week and that 40 percent of the__4__would
go into my personal account.
At the beginning, I tried to sell some candles to my host mom. She said that if I could __5__
confidence and do a wonderful sales presentation, she would certainly buy some. I started my __6__
with a firm handshake. Then I introduced all the different kinds of candles and the special sales I could
offer and__7__ her that our candles were the best choices for gifts and home decorations. Finally
she bought three candles.
Greatly__8__I decided to sell my candles around the neighborhood. On Saturday morning, with
great courage, I knocked at the door of my first potential __9__.
"I’m a student at Skyline High School and we are __10__ money for DECA. I’m trying to sell..."
"Not today, sorry," the man interrupted me and __11__the door.
Embarrassed, I walked away and said to myself the __12__thing that might happen was being
refused like that again. I couldn’t even count how many times I was __13__with reasons like "Not
today" , "I don’t have any __14__money right now" or "I just bought some". __15__, I had to continue
with the day.__16__, a woman kindly bought nearly$ 60 worth of candles. I couldn’t even hide my
__17__and said "Thank you very much" to her with a bow.
After a __18__hard work, I turned in my $408 worth of sales of candles, which gave me $163 in
my own account. I was__19__ to find out I was the second highest seller in all classes.
It was the first time that I had worked as a sales person. This experience let me know that__20__
difficulties was only wasting time and a barrier in my way to success.

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