- Read the excerpt below and answer the question. At the beginning of the Cultural Revolution a teenage boy together with his classmates paraded their teacher, an old man, through the streets. The boy kicked the teacher hard and broke his ribs. What is suggested by the matter-of-fact tone that the author uses in this excerpt from Ha Jin's "A Decade*? It suggests that this sort of incident is a rare occurrence. It suggests that the author thinks that this incident was a good thing. It suggests that the narrator of the story opposes this incident. It suggests that this sort of incident is commonplace.

depends on the age of the teen, many believe by the age of 16 a person should know the strong difference between right and wrong along with the difference between risky and immediate death. swimming with sharks might be dangerous but swimming with sharks while bloody meat is attached to you is just insane. even more if you have no idea what you're doing. however, no matter the age, as long as the person is skilled enough and has the mental and physical capacity to control their actions doing whatever sport they put their mind to is all that matters.

the south did not want the federal laws to overrule the state laws.