James Baldwin, an author, once said, "Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them." Looking back, I have found this was 1 . As a child, I was not the best 2 , but I did learn valuable lessons by 3 my elders.
While in elementary school, I was caught into 4 . A classmate had a quarrel with me because of some 5 and he even threatened to beat me. I didn't know how to 6 him and I was even 7 to go to school. Then my father 8 my trouble and decided to go to school with me. I wasn't sure what he was planning to do, but I felt 9 around him. When at school, he talked 10 to me and the boy I had issues with. He explained that we needed to solve our differences and learn to 11 our friendship. He told us a 12 in which he resolved（化解）the differences by an earnest（真诚的）talk and made friends with another man. Then he 13 and we had to solve the problem ourselves. There we stood, face to face without a word. I broke the 14 first and a heated discussion followed. Gradually, both of us 15 we had a lot in common apart from the differences. At last, as my father 16 , we extended our hands and 17 our differences. It was at that moment that a lifetime friendship was formed.
What my father said did not 18 me much but he set a good example of 19 this kind of problem. This is a reminder that it is more effective for elders to teach children by their 20 .
