Kewana's Success By Paul Tough Analysis

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Kewuanas sucess
Kewuana used perseverance, passion, and courage to achieve success in challenging classes. Firstly, Kewuana shows her perservance by sitting in front of the class. For example, Paul Tough Author of how children succeed, points out that she has perservance by sitting upfront while the black kids were in the back. As you can see Kewuana is determined with school. Secondly, Kewuana shows passion for school by not eating. For instance, Tough shares that when Kewuana ran out of money she did not eat for two days and did not quit school. Therefore, her passion for school enabled her to go without food. Thirdly, Kewuana was courageous enough to get help when she needed it. To illustrate, Tough tells us that Kewuana has courage for

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