Which two statements best explain the author's purpose for writing the passage? to encourage praise for students' effort in order to promote academic success
to offer a reason for the poor performance of American students in school
to highlight the embarrassment felt by students who put forth a lot of effort
to prove that Americans have much to learn from students in other countries
to show that intelligent students learn differently than hardworking students

why does the crew join ahab's quest without hesitation?

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.

hi my name is bob.hi and bye and this this tahta jjsab jjja

i don't care about the hunger games ripred wins (look up gregor the overlander)