Schools are no longer necessary because children can get information available through the Internet and thus they can study well at home. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

She felt a ripple of excitement; she knew

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was her chance to

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be in a

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. She took the banner home to her mum so she could see. Once she got home she showed her mum. Her mum frowned and looked worried. "But darling, you can't be in a blue

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because you're a Red. You have red

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and they have blue. Don't try and be something you're not." But

Ruby

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took no notice. She went upstairs, got out her laptop and ordered a bottle of Super Sapphire

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dye. The next day,

Ruby

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set off to the audition bright and early, with her

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new blue

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flowing in the wind. On her name tag,

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of

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, it read

Violet

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. The auditions were held in a big wood full of bluebells.

Ruby

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felt the sun on her face as she bashed and crashed on the drum kit. The leader of the

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, Sinnika, smiled and cried out, ''Way to go,

Violet

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! We have to have you in our

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." Siyan and Indy nodded approval towards

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and they said, "You are a natural drummer,

Violet

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!"

Ruby

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glowed with pride; she was going to be in the famous Blue

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band

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! But

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, all of a sudden, it started to pour with rain! Everyone rushed under the gazebo for shelter, but

Ruby

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was lost in the music. As she played, the rain trickled over her head onto her face and Sinnika cried out, "LOOK AT HER

HAIR

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!" Everyone turned to face

Ruby

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. The

hair

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dye was a puddle on the floor and, as they looked up, they saw her

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had got soaked and was as red as a cherry.

Ruby

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stopped and realized what had happened. She froze in horror. Siyan cried out, "What on earth happened to your - " he stopped - "RED

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?"

Ruby

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tried to speak, but no words came out. Her eyes welled up with tears and she ran from the woods, leaving a single drumstick behind in a puddle of blue dye. The Blue

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looked at each other. Indy said, "She's got red

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. She's not like us at all." "But she is," said Sinnika. "She drums like we do. She gets lost in the music like us." They all said in unison, "We've GOT to fix

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." The Blue

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picked up the drumstick and Indy fetched a new, clean sheet of paper. On it she wrote: WE NEED OUR DRUMMER BACK! WHETHER YOU ARE

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OR NOT, IF

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STICK BELONGS TO YOU, YOU ARE MEANT TO BE ONE OF US. COME AND GET IT! Days later, when

Ruby

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read the new banner, her mouth twisted into a smile for the first time since the audition. She ran back to the woods to meet the Blue

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. But something had changed. Each and every

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member now had a different colour

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. "Welcome to the Rainbow Rockers," they shouted. "Let's play!"