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     In every school a "top" crowd sets the pace,while the others follow their lead.Let's say the top crowd

decides that it is smart to wear bright red sweaters.Pretty soon everybody is wearing __1__bright red

sweater.There is nothing wrong with that,__2__the fact that on some people a bright red sweater is

__3__(extreme)unbecoming.The situation can even become dangerous,if the top crowd decides that it is

smart to drink or to drive cars at seventy miles an hour.Then the people __4__(follow) the lead are

endangering their lives.They are like the sheep being led to the butcher.Now,chances are __5__you have

come across situations like these more than once in your life；chances are that one time or __6__you

probably did something you knew to be wrong.You may __7__(excuse)yourself by saying,"Gee,the

crowd does it."Well,let the crowd do it,__8__don't do it yourself.Learn to say,"No."

     Develop your own standards and your own judgment.__9__you know the crowd is planning

something you __10__(agree)with,have the courage to bow out politely.You'll have the satisfaction of

standing on your own two feet.