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Pages that nobody cared about thirty seconds ago become fascinating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZoya's hand goes up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer friends have tried to stop this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce, when a teacher said, “I need a volunteer—” Zoya's best friend, Amina, grabbed her wrist and held it firmly against the desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZoya raised the other hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmina has never forgiven her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople assume Zoya volunteers because she isn't nervous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is completely wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore speaking in front of the class, Zoya's stomach twists itself into knots. Her hands get cold. Sometimes her voice shakes during the first few words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe simply does it anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt wasn't always like that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Zoya was younger, she once sat silently through an entire lesson even though she knew the answer to almost every question. She was afraid of raising her hand and being wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen another girl finally raised hers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer answer was wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few children laughed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZoya watched the girl's face change. One moment she was smiling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe next, she was staring at her desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZoya knew exactly how she felt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe teacher asked another question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis time, Zoya wasn't certain of the answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer heart began pounding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe raised her hand anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was wrong too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor one horrible second, the room was quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Zoya shrugged and said, “Well, now we know two things it isn't.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe girl beside her laughed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the teacher laughed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoon everyone did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd somehow, being wrong didn't feel quite so terrible anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZoya still likes being right. 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