Last year, my cousin Amy made a

(1) about a

secret she had hidden for years. "I can't read," she

said. "In school, I got a (2)

as a lazy student

because that's how everyone saw me. This (3)

me so much that I didn't want to tell anyone the

truth. Now I'll never have a good job or a_(4)

that I like." After that, Amy and I found a program

for adult (5)_ that taught her to read and write.

Soon she saw that her (6) was not set-she is

very_(7) and filled with big goals for the future.

I've also changed because now I have a (8) that

I am dedicated to help: I'm working with schools to

teach teens how to read!