Answer hurry ! read the excerpt from “how i learned english.”
someone said “shin” again,
there was a wild stamping of hands on the ground,
a kicking of feet, and the fit
of laughter overtook me too,
and that was important, as important
as joe barone asking me how i was
through his tears, picking me up
and dusting me off with hands like swatters,
and though my head felt heavy,
i played on till dusk
missing flies and pop-ups and grounders
and calling out in desperation things like
“yours” and “take it,” but doing all right,
tugging at my cap in just the right way,
crouching low, my feet set.
“hum baby” sweetly on my lips.
how do things change for the speaker after he laughs with the other boys?
he tries harder to impress others.
he finally has a sense of belonging.
he no longer cares about fitting in.
he no longer avoids playing baseball.

He finally has a sense of belonging.

In this excerpt from "How I Learned English", by Gregory Djanikian, things change for the speaker after he laughs with the other boys because He finally has a sense of belonging. The narrator feels an outsider in a baseball game in the neighborhood until he falls down and cries "oh my shin". All the boys laugh at him, and when someone says "oh my shin" he laughs too and they are all in the ground laughing. He now has a sense of belonging.

beginner

government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

it is true my friend