MAKE INFERENCES

1. Throw it in my face (paragraph 5)

If McCourt had told his students where he came from, his students would have
judged him and they would have felt superior.

2. Forge a link (paragraph 16)

Since McCourt was honest, the children had more confidence in him and felt he
was a different teacher than the others.

3. Churned out (paragraph 19)

McCourt wrote his major in 1966 but could not finish it.

4. Leafed through (paragraph 19)

McCourt reviewed the essays of his students which did not have much technique
but these worked.

5. Lost his wits (paragraph 20)

Before the question of McCourt, the students were surprised because it is not
normal for a teacher to ask that kind of question.

6. Harvesting the bounty (paragraph 23)

McCourt took advantage of his insomnia to take an imaginary walk in Limerick.

7. Bubbled into his consciousness (paragraph 25)

Thanks to McCourt's ingenuity, the class heard stories derived from their
conscience

8. Dig deep (paragraph 25)

Students had to look deep inside their hearts to tell a story.

9. Dance your own dance (paragraph 25)

After finding their own story, students tell it from their point of view and in their
own way

10. In the same boat (paragraph 34)

Both the students and McCourt were in the same situation nobody knows more
than anyone