Push, By Sapphire

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The novel Push written by Sapphire is about a girl named Precious overcomes all obstacles such as illiteracy, abused by her father, and beating by her mother. I not only read the story, but also watch the movie. I really both of them, it gives me a closer look of the education system in the society.
When Precious goes to the high school, I feel like her existence is no longer needed. She is supposed to know how to read and write at her age, but no one in school knows about it. Moreover, the school suspends her just because she was pregnant, and I think it is not right thing to do. They need to find out the reason how she was pregnant, and stop it at the first time. So she does not need to live, and is beaten by her mother who is supposed to

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