Ineed revising my poetry, all lines must be 11 syllables long and try to stay to the original idea: staying home from school. amount of syllables of how long they are are in parentheses. any advice? you don't have to solve it all, just as much as you can.

oh, my dear mother i cannot go to school (11)
i would throw up in class and that wouldn't be cool. (12)

i have the snooglieyagalyflots (9)
it gives you green bumps and purple-red spots (10)

oh, take some medicine you say (8)
but that would only last half of the day (10)

and it's not just that, there is other things too (11)
i am burping and wheezing and my spit looks like goo (13)

i saw our dog get rabies in the middle of the night. (14)
he bit me really hard he has a strong bite (11)

i've got ebola, a cough, and lyme disease (11)
oh, let me stay home from school pretty ? (10)

dang it! you don't believe me, well then i'll just refuse to go (15)
grounded! no! i'll go to school, but i'll make a big show! (14)

okay! okay! i'll go to school you're right! (10)
i'm going, i'm going! i'll get on the bus, all right? (13)

The phrase, "the longest journey begins with a single step" means

Excerpt from the ultimate fighting championship mary o'dell 1 american interest in mixed martial arts is growing. both male and female athletes are invited to compete, although this sport is not recommended for the prima donna. this full contact fighting combines various martial arts techniques so fighters with different styles can compete against each other. this intriguing sport has convinced more than one athlete that he is not, in fact, the alpha and the omega! many people think that all combative sports should be strictly monitored and regulated by state commissions. it is obvious that the ultimate fighting championship (ufc) is an organization that promotes combative athletic events. state athletic commissions should strictly monitor and regulate the ufc.select the rebuttal statement that best refutes the viewpoint in section one. a) it is necessary to oversee the athletes involved in mixed martial arts. b) it is unnecessary to oversee the athletes involved in mixed martial arts. c) it is necessary for athletes involved in mixed martial arts to self-regulate. d) one distinctive feature of mixed martial arts is the combination of various techniques.

Which excerpt from rudyard kipling’s the white man’s burden conveys