Which claim from the passage is an opinion? It's a bad idea for students to choose which elective classes they want
to take in middle school. While some students believe they already
know that, for example, they are interested in art rather than music,
most are just beginning to explore their true talents. My own father,
who is now a painter, did not know he liked art until he took a required
art class in sixth grade. Additionally, art and music classes have been
proven to improve brain health even in people who are not particularly
interested in those subjects.

Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.