REFUSAL SKILLS ARE IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN OUR UNIQUENESS AND IDENTITY Give a 1 minute speech on this statement. (It can be typed speech, written on notebook and send pic.)

When you use refusal skills, it is important to be kind and assertive when telling someone  why you do not want to do anything. Use respectful body language, when talking, you do not want to be seen as aggressive to someone. Refusal skills and strategies are important because there are many kinds of decisions that you will need to make, it could either affect your well being or someone else. One example is a refusal to drugs because, sticking to your own beliefs is always a good thing; NOT your friends, they do not live in your body and have to live with the consequences in the long run.  

Explanation:

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the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".