<p>I chose minimize. My reasoning was this:</p>
<p>The question specifically stated, “In context”.
What evidence do you guys use to support why “Mo is a shrewd judge of character”?</p>
<p>I think Mo was just a snobbish jerk who would never admit that anyone is doing a good job.</p>
<p>wait for the sentence completion with liberty and unfettered being the answer
what was the exact question and the other answer choices?</p>
<p>Are we really going to turn this into a vehement/caustic debate?</p>
<p>[Minimize</a> - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary](<a href=“http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minimize]Minimize”>Minimize Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster)</p>
<p>He was trying to minimize Duncan’s ability as a teacher. I’ll try to put it simply. Duncan is a good teacher. Mo is not. He is jealous of Duncan’s teaching ability. He doesn’t want to make it sound like Duncan is a better teacher than he is. By saying, “You need to sing less” (or whatever he says), he makes Duncan sound like a not-as-great teacher. Thus, minimizing Duncan’s ability.</p>
<p>It’s like if you think you’re really good at singing. And people enjoy your singing. Then all of a sudden, someone says, “You need to stop doing this when you’re singing…” It kind of makes you seem like you’re not as good at singing, right? Minimizing your ability. Minimizing. Making smaller.</p>
<p>DANG IT.</p>
<p>So, so far, I’ve missed:
<p>F…</p>
<p>The sad thing is… I put minimizing to start out with.
So I’m batting a -6 raw score. How. Wonderful. The Mo passage ruined me.</p>
<p>I’d try to stop worrying about it entirely if possible until december.</p>
<p>Though I can’t even take my own advice in that regard, so…</p>
<p>^ I’m just extremely stressed. It’s worse than waiting for the SAT/ACT… just because NMF is on the line. And I could potentially fall immediately below my cutoff. Which would kill me inside. Just a little. Fragments are fun.</p>
<p>I know <3.</p>
<p>Still, worrying doesn’t help at all. In fact you could spend the time studying for something, doing some form of schoolwork, doing community service, working at a job for money, or even playing some video games for relaxation :p.</p>
<p>There are people at my school who argue that the answer to the tape recorder question was “to explain the source of mo’s failings” instead of “compare the behavior of mo’s and duncan’s students.” I hope they are wrong.</p>
<p>^ They are completely, unequivocally, one hundred percent wrong.</p>
<p>By the way, it wasn’t “minimize”, it was “limit”.</p>
<p>^ Either way, that answer is correct.</p>
<p>Why are you guys trying to figure out the answers right now? Doesn’t it make you feel horrible when you find out/think you got one wrong?</p>
<p>Regarding the answer choice of Mo limiting Duncan’s ability, I think Mo being a “shrewd judge of character” may also be legitimate. Consider this: the question asked something like “based on lines 1-3”, which is CRUCIAL. The passage as a whole implies that Mo was trying to limit/minimize his ability, but just looking at the first three lines objectively, it appears that Mo was a shrewd judge of character. I could be wrong, just sharing my thoughts ^_^</p>
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<p>The question stated in context as well. Also, isn’t “shrewd judge of character” positive? It just doesn’t go with Mo.</p>
<p>@JefferyJung:</p>
<p>FAIL.</p>
<p>I just looked up what shrewd meant. It means acute.
Wow… I completely botched that question haha… not even close.</p>
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<p>Yes… This is what I mean. Some people have been arguing that “shrewd judge of character” is a viable answer. I’m just curious… Does shrewd have a alternate meaning that I don’t know about? By standard definition of shrewd, it seems like shrewd judge of character just doesn’t fit with Mo at all.</p>
<p>@JefferyJung:</p>
<ol>
<li> astute and penetrating, often with regard to business</li>
<li> artful and crafty: a shrewd politician</li>
<li> obsolete
a. piercing: a shrewd wind
b. spiteful </li>
<li> malicious</li>
<li> bad</li>
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<p>I dunno. I guess I automatically gave shrewd a negative connotation.</p>
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<p>If shrewd were to mean all these things, then shrewd is the adjective to use to describe anything.</p>
<p>Shrewd does give a negative connotation, but it certainly isn’t.</p>
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<p>It? What are you referring to?</p>
<p>I was referring to the word “shrewd”.</p>