To use proper word choice in order to get your point across properly and not seem unprofessional or offensive
because it taught and showed him what to keep in mind
The narrator, is the protagonist and she starts explaining that she is a teenager. She knows what the latest styles are, she reads the current editorials, she listens to the radio... She wants us to know that she is not a silly girl. In fact, she is a rational thinker. But in fact, when the boy takes her hand and invite her to the sakiting rink, she abandons all her rationality and she believes when he says that he will call her. When days pass by and he doesn't, she says " I'm not so really dumb".
All that, indicates the conflict: she is a sixteen year old, naive and soft in character behind that tough exterior.
Well standardized tests help show how students are learning so its shows how schools are performing and how teachers are teaching and what the student learned.