Wes Moore wrote, “Do you think that we're products of our environments? I think so, or maybe products of our expectations. Others' expectations of us or our expectations. I mean others' expectations that you take on as
your own. I realize how difficult it is to separate the two. The expectations that others place on us help us form
our expectations of ourselves.” Do you agree with his conclusion about being a product of expectations? Tell
me about the expectations placed on Author Wes Moore and the Other West Moore, how did it shape their
lives?

What central idea does this passage develop? the impact of fate the integrity of leaders the ruthlessness of power the importance of friendship

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky

Can you describe the word chalk without saying the words chalk or chalky? (type your own definition of the word.)