What does this speaker in "on turning ten" believe is "the beginning of sadness"? a.) putting away his bicycle for the winter b.) saying good-bye to old friends in the neighborhood c.)learning that someone in his family is ill d.) turning ten years old

1. PART A: B.  Davis overcame the influence of a tremendously negative environment to achieve great success and intends to use his training to better the community in which he grew up.

2. PART B: A. ’Growing up, I was surrounded by so much negative peer pressure and negativity, it wasn’t long before I became a part of that fabric.’” ( Paragraph 4)

3. A. It illustrates how many people from underserved communities go down a negative path and it makes Davis’s ascent all the more remarkable by comparison.

4. C. To inform and inspire people by sharing the narrative of a hard-working, compassionate person who prevailed over alarming circumstances to realize great success.

5. Davis described the relationship between growing up in Newark and returning to the city as a physician as how education can make a difference in the lives of young people, as evidenced by the lines: “My calling was a bit different. It was important for me to come back and become a beacon of hope, if  you will, to show young people, especially, that education can change a life. It changed my life, and it  saved my life in so many ways.”

Explanation:

A; a deficit due to improving nationwide public transportation. Surplus in this case means that we have left over money. UwU+