The Curies had hoped that the Nobel Prize would finally bring the opportunity for a chair at the French Academy and the laboratory that went with it.【C1】______ , it brought unwanted publicity and more responsibility. Therefore, both Curies were【C2】______ to share their knowledge and teach classes: Pierre Curie at the Sorbonne, and Marie Curie at Sevres. Marie Curie was the first female professor at Sevres, a college for girls who wanted to teach higher education. These twenty-year-olds would【C3】______ become professors. Marie was not liked by her pupils during her first year as a professor.【C4】______ her second year, the students loved her. One student reported that the courses taught by Marie were 'the【C5】______ reference during the entire length of my【C6】______ . She didn't dazzle us, she【C7】______ us, attracted us, held us with her simplicity, her【C8】______ to be useful to us, the sense she had of both our ignorance and our【C9】______ ' She was the first to take her students into the laboratory to【C10】______ manipulate their newly-learned theories. She also taught by example, and invited the physics class to hear the【C11】 of her dissertation. Marie argued for the【C12】______ of additional, difficult tests given only to the female students. She also【C13】______ the dean to provide calculus classes to the female students. Marie wanted the girls to have the【C14】______ to succeed in academia and fought tooth and nail to provide every【C15】______ . This woman is known for her scientific discoveries and the progress【C16】______ from them. Of course her scientific discoveries are【C17】______ and useful. It is also important to understand the kind of woman that she was. She was stubborn,【C18】______ she hated to lose, but it was her goal to use science to help the world in whatever way possible. Her stubbornness led to persistence and【C19】______ . These qualities promoted the use of her brilliance. The love and support of her family taught Marie to never question the possibilities that stood【C20】______ her. 【C1】