1. Read the text below (copied from your module)

Dear Shane,

Right now you are upstairs in your room thinking that life is completely and totally unfair. The whole world is against you because there is not a single person in it that understands you. You would say that you love your friends, but the truth is that you love them more on Facebook, Tweeter and Instagram than you do in real life. In real life, you can only handle spending so much time with them before they start to annoy you because, as I mentioned before, no one really understands who you are.

Your room is a mess. The clothes that you beg for me to buy you are crumpled in a heap in the corner. When asked to clean – when asked to do anything, really – you roll your eyes (not to my face, because you are smart enough at this point to know that will

set me off) because you have a thousand more important things to do like watch Our Beloved Summer or check your phone.

You are both obsessed with and terrified by boys. Some days you think you are pretty. Some days you are certain you are the ugliest person on earth. You are sure you are being left out of something. Some party, some conversation, some sleepover is  happening and you were deliberately excluded because no one cares how you feel. You have every right

in the world to be moody because life is hard. Grade 11 is pointless. There isn’t a person alive who hasn’t been able to get into the college they wanted to because they got poor grades in Grade 10. Mostly though, life is just hard and complicated and difficult and confusing. Despite this, you are never given the credit you deserve for always knowing what’s what. You know what is best for you and there is nothing more irritating than someone else (like me) presuming that they know.

I realize that when I raise these topics with you, you will not hear me. Despite all appearances, you are not a small adult. You cannot reason like an adult and so it is impossible for you to understand that I am trying to help you and guide you and not, ruin your life. This privilege I exert does not necessarily come from biology, it comes from the fact that I have been exactly where you are and I have been navigating this life for a lot longer than you. It is true that everyone has a story, and everyone’s story is unique, but loss, pain, anger, confusion and sadness are universal. These feelings don’t separate you from the world, but rather they bind you closer to it. Someone out there is feeling the exact same way you do right now, including me, my dearest girl, and I am only a few feet away. There will never be and can never be another you, but you are part of a magnificent community of humans. Humanity at times can be brutal and petty and mean-spirited, but that’s never an excuse for you to be that way. You are so much more and so much better

than a bad day.

I am not your friend. I don’t care what you think about me. I am not aiming for popularity in our house. Most importantly, we are not equals. Think about it: how can we be equals if you depend on me for everything? If you’re going to ask for extra money for whatever you want to buy, then you have to take my rules. Some people call it parenting. Greedy me, I call it authority. When you don’t need me for things, only advice and counsel, then we can explore a friendship. When I ask you to do something right now, I am trying to teach you something about success. Procrastination is a dream killer. No one ever became a grand success by doing it later. You’re right, your room is yours. I am less concerned with the state of it than I am of your mind. Ever see a happy person on Hoarders? It sounds ridiculous to you, but a clean space makes it easier to be creative and productive. When you let your room slide, you are likely to let everything else slide too, like homework.

I am not a Tiger Mom. I am not interested in you getting straight A’s (though, of course, that would be great), I am interested in you doing your absolute best. Sometimes you do your best and you fail, and you need to learn to be okay with that, too. You must learn to be good AT school, so it will be easier for you to be good AT college and AT work. Yes, of course, it’s pandering to a system, but everyone, regardless of status has to work within a system, unless you’re becoming a hermit which let’s face it, is never going to happen. When you become overly concerned with pleasing your friends and making them  happy it takes away from your focus, your job, which right now is school. The balance you learn to strike right now will carry you through your entire life where friendships can be vital. But, you cannot rely on a great friendship to buy you a house.

I don’t tell you often enough how beautiful you are. Even though you are stunning, I do guess I do this on purpose. Being beautiful should never be the most interesting thing about you. A girl who relies on her looks is setting herself up to be a woman lost at sea as she gets older. We live in a world where beauty can and will open many doors, but how you choose to open them and what you do inside becomes about character. Character, moral aptitude, empathy, grace- these are the traits that will carry on your beauty far after your looks are gone. You aren’t anywhere near understanding this right now, even though I am trying to lead this change by example. When you look at me all you see is old, and mom.

Unbelievably though, I was young (and not so long ago, I might add) once, and nothing you can say will shock me. In point of fact, if I was to over share and talk about some of the things I’ve done, or still do actually, on a pretty regular basis with your step dad, it is you that would be shocked. Don’t worry, I would never, because like I said, we are not friends. I promise you this, though: as long as you tell me the truth, you will never get into trouble, though I can’t promise I won’t be disappointed. Until you have children of your own, you won’t realize the depth in which I love you. I would do anything for you and it is the great irony of life that the person I love most, I get treated the worst by. I am your greatest cheerleader and your biggest fan. Sometimes you scream “Why do you hate me!” when I am doing my job as a mother. You don’t understand that if I indeed hated you, or felt a far more

heinous thing, indifference, I simply wouldn’t bother. I would let you get on with it and shrug my shoulders and not say a word. When I stand my ground and open myself up to your vitriol and disregard and general railroading, that, my dear, is love.

The most important thing for you to understand is though you may be convinced otherwise, whatever happens in this crazy, upside down life, you will never, ever be alone. So maybe, just once in a while, will you keep this in mind and be a little kinder to me.

 

Your ever loving,

Mom

 

1. You are Shane, make a personal reply on the letter for you by your mom. Note, you can use English, so long as it shows how you feels, its reflects who you are.

 

Hello instructor, please you help me fix grammar and sentence in my essay, keep original essay, just fix grammar and sentences that you feel nescessary.

My essay.

In order to achieve the qualities of a successful student, that student must have the qualities 

to evaluate in the most general way. Successful students have three main qualities. These 

qualities include setting goals, responsibility, and curiosity.

      First of all, setting goals is one of the most important tasks for every student. Because when

Students who clearly define their goals will make detailed scientific plans to progress

effectiveness of goals. From there, students will try their best to achieve the goal.

for example, when students study physics, their goal is to get an A, then they will make a review 

plan from starting and systematizing knowledge by tree diagrams, through tree diagrams, 

students will do a variety of exercises to familiarize students with when entering test time, they

will remember the knowledge, they will do well on the test, and achieve the goal of getting an A. 

Therefore, Students want to achieve high results in their studies, they need to have a clear plan 

and determine the right goals according to their ability. It is one of the qualities needed to 

encourage students to set goals before they want to learn about something and help them 

gain knowledge effectively.

      Second, responsibility is one of the indispensable qualities in each student when they sit on

 school chairs. because when each student understands their responsibilities, they will always 

take good care of school equipment, to keep it like new, undamaged. For example, When

students finish a lab class, they need to keep the equipment clean, and thorough washing helps 

prevent the device from becoming moldy and leading to damage. In addition, students will help 

the school has full teaching equipment without damaging any equipment. With respect to 

friends, it is always the responsibility of the student to maintain a good friendship and especially 

help each other when talking about learning. For instance, when a student needs help with a 

math homework assignment, because the math problem is difficult, and they can't do it, so 

another student will be responsible for guiding them to solve the problem, they are only 

responsible for providing solutions, to help this student rely on that direction to solve. As for the 

family, the student has the responsibility to listen to his parents, because the parents' advice is 

very useful to help the student improve himself when student wants to walk on the academic 

path. For instance, when this student is about to transfer, it will be time to register to choose a 

career and school, then the advice of parents, helps them better define the profession, and 

register for the appropriate school, because each parents student's always wants the best 

for them. Therefore, students have a responsibility to school, friends, and family to help the 

students to better themself.

      Last, curiosity is one of the most essential qualities for every student. Because students 

want to achieve high results in their studies, they need to first improve their knowledge by 

exploring many kinds of interesting exercises and clever solutions learned from books by many

 different good teachers in that subject. For example, when a student wants to do well in 

physics, first of all, student listens to the lecture while sitting in class, then student will improve 

his knowledge by looking at reference books about physics because in this book, there are 

many types of exercises and good solutions for this student to master in the most effective way.

Therefore, students should be encouraged to be curious about a lot of useful knowledge from 

good people, with high expertise.

       In conclusion, setting goals, responsibility, and curiosity are the three qualities of a

successful student. In addition, students who want to develop better, must have these three 

standards to help them develop comprehensively from academics to ethics, dealing with friends

and family.

Hello instructor, please  you help me fix grammar and sentence, keep original paragraph. just fix grammar and sentence if you feel nessacary

My essay

In order to achieve the qualities of a successful student, studentmust have the qualities to 

evaluate in the most general way. Successful student has three main attributes. These

qualities include having goals, responsibility, and curiosity.

     First, setting goals is one of the most important tasks for every student. Student who clearly 

defining their goals will make detailed scientific plans to progress their goals effectively, so 

students will try their best to achieve the goal. For example, when student study chemistry, 

their goal is to get a high grade, then they will make a review plan from the beginning and 

systematize knowledge by tree diagrams. Through tree diagrams, students will do a variety of 

exercises to familiarize themselves with the test time. They will remember the knowledge, then 

they will do well on the test and achieve the goal of getting a high grade. Therefore, a student 

want to achieve high results in their studies, and they need to have a clear plan and determine 

the right goals according to their ability. It is one of the qualities needed to encourage that student 

to set goals before learning about something, which will help them gain knowledge effectively.
   
     Second, being responsible is one of the indispensable qualities of student when a student sit 

on school chairs. When student understand their responsibilities, that student will always take good 

care of school equipment to keep it new and undamaged. For example, when student finishes a 

lab class, a student need to keep the equipment clean, and thorough washing helps prevent the 

device from becoming moldy and leading to damage. In addition, student will help the school

 have full teaching equipment without damaging any equipment. With respect to friends, it is 

always the student's responsibility to maintain a good friendship and especially help each other 

when talking about learning. For example, when a student needs help with math homework 

because the math problem is difficult and cannot do it, another student will be responsible for 

guiding them to solve the problem. They are only responsible for providing solutions to help 

other student. As for the family, the student has the responsibility to listen to their parents. 

The parent's advice is handy to help the student improve themself, especially when the 

a student wants to walk on the academic path. For instance, when this student is began to

transfer, it will be time to register to choose a career and school, then the advice of parents will 

help them better find the profession and register for the appropriate school. Therefore, student

has a responsibility to school, friends, and family to help the student to better themselves.

      Lastly, curiosity is one of the essential qualities for every student. Because student wants to 

achieve high results in their studies, they need to first improve their knowledge by exploring 

many kinds of interesting exercises and clever solutions learned from books by many different 

good teachers in that subject. For example, if student wants to do well in physics, student must 

first listen to the lecture in class. Student will improve their knowledge by looking at reference 

books about physics because in a book, there are many types of exercises and good solutions 

for students to master the subject most effectively. Therefore, a student should be encouraged to 

be curious about useful knowledge from good people with high expertise.

     In conclusion, setting goals, being responsible, and having curiosity are the three qualities of 

a successful student. Moreover, student who want to develop better must have these three 

standards to help them develop deliberately from academics to ethics or dealing with friends 

and family.

Identify a theme in "A Great Mistake (1898) and discuss textual evidence the author uses to develop the theme. Write at least 200 words! The story is below

An Italian kept a fruit-stand on a corner where he had good aim at the people who came down from the elevated station, and at those who went along two thronged streets. He sat most of the day in a backless chair that was placed strategically.

There was a babe living hard by, up five flights of stairs, who regarded this Italian as a tremendous being. The babe had investigated this fruit-stand. It had thrilled him as few things he had met with in his travels had thrilled him. The sweets of the world had laid there in dazzling rows, tumbled in luxurious heaps. When he gazed at this Italian seated amid such splendid treasures, his lower lip hung low and his eyes, raised to the vendor's face, were filled with deep respect, worship, as if he saw omnipotence.

The babe came often to this corner. He hovered about the stand and watched each detail of the business. He was fascinated by the tranquility of the vendor, the majesty of power and possession. At times he was so engrossed in his contemplation that people, hurrying, had to use care to avoid bumping him down.

He had never ventured very near to the stand. It was his habit to hang warily about the curb. Even there he resembled a babe who looks unbidden at a feast of gods.

One day, however, as the baby was thus staring, the vendor arose, and going along the front of the stand, began to polish oranges with a red pocket handkerchief. The breathless spectator moved across the sidewalk until his small face almost touched the vendor's sleeve. His fingers were gripped in a fold of his dress.

At last, the Italian finished with the oranges and returned to his chair. He drew a newspaper printed in his language from behind a bunch of bananas. He settled himself in a comfortable position, and began to glare savagely at the print. The babe was left face to face with the massed joys of the world. For a time he was a simply worshipper at this golden shrine. Then tumultuous desires began to shake him. His dreams were of conquest. His lips moved. Presently into his head there came a little plan. He sidled nearer, throwing swift and cunning glances at the Italian. He strove to maintain his conventional manner, but the whole plot was written upon his countenance.

At last he had come near enough to touch the fruit. From the tattered skirt came slowly his small dirty hand. His eyes were still fixed upon the vendor. His features were set, save for the under lip, which had a faint fluttering movement. The hand went forward.

Elevated trains thundered to the station and the stairway poured people upon the side walks. There was a deep sea roar from feet and wheels going ceaselessly. None seemed to perceive the babe engaged in a great venture.

The Italian turned his paper. Sudden panic smote the babe. His hand dropped, and he gave vent to a cry of dismay. He remained for a moment staring at the vendor. There was evidently a great debate in his mind. His infant intellect had defined this Italian. The latter was undoubtedly a man who would eat babes that provoked him. And the alarm in the babe when this monarch had turned his newspaper brought vividly before him the consequences if he were detected. But at this moment the vendor gave a blissful grunt, and tilting his chair against a wall, closed his eyes. His paper dropped unheeded.

The babe ceased his scrutiny and again raised his hand. It was moved with supreme caution toward the fruit. The fingers were bent, claw-like, in the manner of great heart-shaking greed. Once he stopped and chattered convulsively, because the vendor moved in his sleep. The babe, with his eyes still upon the Italian, again put forth his hand, and the rapacious fingers closed over a round bulb.

And it was written that the Italian should at this moment open his eyes. He glared at the babe a fierce question. Thereupon the babe thrust the round bulb behind him, and a with a face expressive of the deepest guilt, began a wild but elaborate series of gestures declaring his innocence. The Italian howled. He sprang to his feet, and with three steps overtook the babe. He whirled him fiercely, and took from the little fingers a lemon.