Refute: Standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT are an accurate predictor of student success in college.

Read this section: “for us girls, that doorway was like a magical entrance to our own special world. as we skipped through, we cast off our head scarves and ran helter-skelter up the steps.” based on malala’s description of her school, we can infer that the setting gives the feeling a) vulnerability b) excitement c) happiness d) freedom

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The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these