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tally. They miss not only many highlights of their school life but also some (value) chances to develop some essential abilities needed in their future career. When they look back at their school years one day, they find 7. _____ they regret most is not their exam grades 8. _____ nothing that deserves a mention. Therefore, it is high time we 9. ______ (do) something to change our present educational system with more attention paid to social skills. Though it is a tough job, numerous facts prove that it is social skills 10. ______ matter rather than grades in the long run. Otherwise of physically valuable whatbut did that less being admitted Do you remember the time when people 1_____ (be) a little nicer and gentler with each other? I certainly do. And feel that much of the world has somehow got away from that. Too often I see people rushing into elevators without giving those 2_____ a chance to get off first, or never saying “thank you” when others hold a door open for 3______. We get lazy and in our laziness we think that something like a simple “thank you” doesn’t really matter. But it 4______ matter very much. 5_____ fact is that no matter how nicely we dress or how beautifully we decorate our homes, we can’t be truly elegant 6________ good manners because elegance and good manners always go hand in hand. In fact, I think of good manners 7____ a sort of 8_______ (hide) be