Answer very very very ! 11read this excerpt from a story.

maddy is excited about learning to swim. she had been faking it for too long. she could splash around the shallow end, but her friends preferred games of tag in the diving well. she could not manage that.

the class description says it is a "strokes class for any age." it sounded perfect. maddy was ready to stretch herself into an impressive freestyle. soon she'd tackle breaststroke. she knew she could do it with a little .

the classes were lining up, and as maddy tugged on a bathing cap, she realized from afar that none of the swimmers was over four years old. each of them was with a mom or dad; some were even being carried.

when the first student was called, he jumped in and demonstrated a back float. the next student cannonballed her way into the pool.

maddy retreated behind the snack machine. she backed against the wall.

"is maddy jefferson here? " an instructor called.
silence hovered over the shallow end.

why doesn't maddy join the lesson?

because she is too shy to talk to the instructor
because she is too proud to learn with younger kids
because she is unwilling to swim in the shallow end
because she is unable to do a cannonball by herself

would think it’s because she is too proud to learn with the younger kids. Notice how Maddy quickly realizes that the other swimmers where quite young; as well as the fact that she noticed the two young kids being able to demonstrate basic swimming skills. We know this is most likely to be the answer because no where in the text does it mention that she is shy, unwillinging to swim in the shallow end, or is unable to do a cannonball!

english novelist and poet, the eldest of the three brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of english literature.

she enlisted in school at roe head in january 1831, aged 14 years. she left the year after to teach her sisters, emily and anne, at home, returning in 1835 as a governess. in 1839 she undertook the role as governess for the sidgwick family, but left after a few months to return to haworth where the sisters opened a school, but failed to attract pupils. instead they turned to writing and they each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of currer, ellis and acton bell. her first novel the professor was rejected by publishers, her second novel jane eyre was published in 1847. the sisters admitted to their bell pseudonyms in 1848, and by the following year were celebrated in london literary circles.

brontë experienced the early deaths of all her siblings. she became pregnant shortly after her marriage in june 1854 but died on 31 march 1855, almost certainly from hyperemesis gravidarum, a complication of pregnancy which causes excessive nausea and vomiting.

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