A significant event that marked me indelibly occurred when I was twelve. That year my school held a music ＿＿（11）＿＿ and I was one of the students chosen to play the piano. I managed to get up the steps to the stage without any problem, but as I walked across the stage, I fell. Out of the audience, a voice said loudly and clearly, "Ayah! A baikah shouldn't be allowed to perform in public" I got up before anyone could get on stage to help me and, with tears ＿＿（12）＿＿ uncontrollably down my face, I rushed to the piano and began to play. Beethoven's "Fur Elise" had never been played so ＿＿（13）＿＿ fast before or since, but I managed to finish the whole piece. That I managed to do so made me feel really strong. I never again feared ＿＿（14）＿＿ . In later years I was reminded of this experience from time to time. During my fourth year as an assistant professor at the University of California at Berkeley, I won a ＿＿（15）＿＿ teaching award.