Read the following quote: People say girls have to be 90 percent confident before we raise our hands, but boys just raise their hands. I tell girls that we should take the risk and try anyway, just like the boys do. – Alice Paul Tapper, age 10, on what inspired her to develop a new Girl Scout badge called Raise Your Hand

You are writing a paper on gender differences in classroom behavior. Should this quote be paraphrased or directly quoted, and why?