Question

Read the introduction to Cole’s personal narrative, “Too Cool for School?” On my first day at Crestwood High School, I was __________ that no one would like me. I had just moved to town, and it seemed to me that my classmates had known each other for years. I hated being the new kid. I walked down the hall with my head down and my shoulders hunched. I sat by myself at lunch, despite several invitations. After about three weeks, things __________. At lunch one day, a boy approached my table and sat down. He asked, “Why don’t you like us? Why don’t you want to hang out with us?” I couldn’t believe it! I had thought that they didn’t want to spend time with me. The boy’s name was Craig, and he insisted that I come sit with him and his friends. I haven’t sat alone since, and now when I __________ down the hall, I keep my head up and I smile. Fill in the blanks in order.

Answer 1

1. convinced
2. changed
3. walk

Answer 2

Robert Cole is a renowned child psychiatrist that writes stories that often consider the perspective of children, their moral and other important factors in their way of seeing the world. He has over 50 books, and one important characteristic in them is using the perspective and personal stories of the people he works with, as it happens in this text.

On my first day at Crestwood High School, I was convinced that no one would like me. I had just moved to town, and it seemed to me that my classmates had known each other for years. I hated being the new kid. I walked down the hall with my head down and my shoulders hunched. I sat by myself at lunch, despite several invitations. After about three weeks, things changed. At lunch one day, a boy approached my table and sat down. He asked, “Why don’t you like us? Why don’t you want to hang out with us?” I couldn’t believe it! I had thought that they didn’t want to spend time with me. The boy’s name was Craig, and he insisted that I come sit with him and his friends. I haven’t sat alone since, and now when I walk down the hall, I keep my head up and I smile. Fill in the blanks in order. (Robert Cole, too cool for school)