On pages 5-10 of The Early History of the Airplane, the brothers learned that what they believed would be fun turned out to be a lot of work. Read the following excerpt:

“We had taken up aeronautics merely as a sport. We reluctantly entered upon the scientific side of it. But we soon found the work so fascinating that we were drawn into it deeper and deeper.”

Describe something that you find fun that may be a lot of work. Explain how you got drawn in.

What does the author see as the main cause for why students don’t really see shakespeare as a real, flawed human being? we shouldn’t shy away from discussing our literary heroes’ flaws. if nothing else, the knowledge of their failures us appreciate what success and greatness these authors did achieve. often our hero-worship keeps us from truly seeing the complexity of a great author. thus, i would argue, nothing would be better for high school students than to take shakespeare down a peg or two. a) the fact that students never learn enough about shakespeares biography b) the fact that students only read shakespeare’s comedies while in school c) the fact that students are never assigned to read any shakespeare while in high school d) the fact that students only read shakespeare’s greatest works in school and thus never see his weaknesses

Write an argumentative paragraph answering does technology make us feel more alone?

Which sentence uses all its nominative case pronouns correctly? a we live on the same street b them and rachel are good skaters. c the redskins fans in the family are fred and me d have joanne and him played tennis together before?