No Girls Allowed Analysis

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Since I was a little girl I’ve always liked sports, I like to run, sweat and have physical activities outdoors. I remember when I was in 5th grade, after school many students will play different sports, I really liked basketball and saw some boys in the afternoon playing. I stared at the boys playing for a while, they were having so much fun. They had two teams, I approached and asked them if I could play in one of the teams, they all stared at me for a minute like if I was a crazy person. One of the boys, apparently the leader of the group told me that they had a “No Girls Allowed” rule and walked away without even letting me say a word. At the time, I was sad because I really wanted to play and no other girl will play with me because they

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