Victor's Mindset 7th Grade Analysis

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Victor changes his mindset in 7th grade. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­First of all, Him going into 7th grade In the text it says “The small triangle shaped campus bustled with students talking about their classes,”(Soto 1) This shows that he has a 7th grade mindset. So he thought he was a fool when ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Teresa thought he knew French. The text says “I didn’t know you knew French,”she said. “That was good.”(Soto 2) This proves that instead of thinking Victor was a fool, Teresa thought he knew french. Victor changes Teresa’s mindset to having Teresa fooled into him knowing French. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­When, Victor changing his mindset again. “He was going to like seventh grade,”(Soto 2). This shows he is going to like 7th grade because Teresa

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