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first day of school
lucy’s family had recently moved. she was extremely nervous about her first day at her new school. she tended to be shy and frightened around new people. as a result, she was never truly able to make real friends. she dreaded that this would happen in her new school. on her first day, her teacher introduced her to the class and assigned her a seat. all the unfamiliar faces made lucy nervous. to calm herself, she focused on looking out the window.

“lucy, what is the right answer to the question? ” she suddenly heard her teacher ask.

lucy jumped in surprise. every single eye was on her. she had not heard the question but was too embarrassed to admit it. “i’m sorry, mrs. slate,” she muttered. “i don’t know the answer.” a few students giggled at her response. that only made lucy feel worse. she looked down at her desk, fearing that she would burst into tears.

when recess came, lucy thought she would spend some time alone in the classroom. all the other students left the room except for one boy. he sat alone and looked rather glum.

“i wonder what’s wrong with him,” lucy thought to herself. it occurred to her that she should talk to the boy. “i’m tired of being afraid of people,” she thought. “it’s time to change that.”

gathering her courage, she walked up to the boy and quietly introduced herself. the boy responded with a bright smile. after speaking to him, lucy found out that the boy’s best friend had recently left the school. now he had no friends. lucy offered to be his new friend. the two became great friends, and lucy was proud of herself for stepping out of her comfort zone to talk to him.

Even the insistent cough of the woman next to him wasn't enough to draw his eyes away from the tiny type of the ancient book its pages were brittle and felt like they could crumble at the slightest disturbance he noticed the musty odor if each page as he carefully it over.

"as one of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘when a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.’" (paragraph 7) how does this quote reveal mccarthy’s point of view and advance the purpose of his speech?

Will anyone be able to check for grammatical errors and give an opinion on the essay itself? write about the following topic: some people believe that allowing children to make their own cholces on everyday matters (such as food, clothes and entertainment) is likely to result in a society of individuals who only think about their own wishes. other people believe that it is important for children to make decisions about matters that affect them. discuss both these views and give your own opinion. —— nowadays, in this busy and fast developing world teaching children from an early age to cope with their own decisions (such as food, clothes etc.) and then take the coincidences after that is something that a lot of people believe that it is important for them. on the other hand other people think that it might end up in a society of humans who put their wishes before anyone else's. but which one of these views will predominate? firstly, the people who allow their children to make their own decisions are the people who everyone should look up to. it is important to let your children learn from the mistakes their make. the parents can not be with them all the time every day and for that reason, teaching them to deal with their decisons or even problems will them in the future. of course, there are always disadvantages such as some people may really forget about that their children will need them at a certain point in life and may loose connection whit them. but that is why it should have that moderately path, where kids will make their own decisions but will feel comfortable to always ask for a advice tueur parents. on the other hand, there are and the second type of parents which think that too much individualism is not good. it really depends on the parents how they will teach their children to carry on with the independence they have. a lot of them might forget that they are still kids and will need and advices from time to time and because of that the parents turn their kids in individuals who only think about their own wishes due to the fact that they are let on their own and have to cope with everyone and everything by themselves. in conclusion, i think that the best decision someone can make is to look up to the first type of parents. that way they will be able to train their children to become independent people who will respect the wishes of others and they will be able to cope with their decisions in the future when they need it.