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Read this excerpt from Weve Got a Job: The 1963 Children's March
"We boiled water, poured [it] into the tub, and then put cold water in the tub. And that's what we took a bathin, because
there was no such thing as hot water in the house." On cold mornings, "my mom would get up... and make the fire in
the coal stove and get back in bed until the room got warm."
What is the tone of the excerpt?
resentful
nostalgic
Critical
humorous

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

Based on your own insights and any feedback you received from your observer and interviewer, evaluate your performance as a job applicant and identify an area for improvement.

What is the main conflict in this excerpt from “rumplestiltskin” by the brothers grimm?