Mother Daughter Drawings Summary

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For instance, in “Mother Daughter Drawings” Mica let her daughter, Myla draw in her sketchbook. Even though, Mica didn’t want to. Myla brought up a rule that her mother made, so Mica was kind of out smarted by her own rule. Later in the story, Mica likes sharing her book with Myla because she thinks it’s fun. That’s important because it shows how someone can change. This is kind of similar to “Tutors Teach Tech” of doing the right thing. In addition, in “Tutor Teach Tech” the teens don’t have to teach the elderly technology. But, they chose the program to teach them. This is important, because it’s an example of doing the right thing. Plus, learning the stuff is easy. All the elders have to do is look for what they want to learn, wait a little,

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