One thing that really struck me in this chapter is towards the end the students are talking about being embarrassed in front of others by praise and criticism. While this might be normal for most high schoolers what really struck me as odd is that each of the three responses listed all contradict each other.
The odd thing is that the first person hates being praised because that no cool, the second person really doesn't care while the third student loves getting praised in the classroom. Only the last two contributers mention being criticized and they both did not like it for different reasons. The first one does not like criticism because it makes her feel bad, while the second student does not like it because other people will think she is dumb. It is always interesting to see how high schoolers can agree with something for completely opposite reasons.
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