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Exercise: Good Reasons for Leaving
Do you think the following are good reasons for leaving? Explain why or why not.
- You leave the room because your brother refuses to give you the video game.
- You stop being someone’s friend because you discover she/he stole something from you.
- You run away because your brother is constantly making you feel bad about yourself.
- You run away because your sister hits you when you do something to annoy her.
- You change schools because your teacher tells you that you aren’t bright.
- You leave your friend’s sleep-over because some of the kids are drinking alcohol.
- You leave home because your mother hits you when you do something that upsets her.
- You stop taking swimming classes because the swim instructor insists that you wear a bathing cap.
- You leave the softball team because you think your coach treats girls and boys on the team differently.
- You leave camp because you are lonely.
- You leave camp because you are bored.