Exit Ticket 3 -- Flowers for Algernon

thinking deeply about his own thoughts and past

trying to impress others with his intelligence

avoiding any difficult ideas or emotions

acting without thinking or reflecting first

suddenly started increasing faster than before

reversed and began getting worse immediately

became dependent on other people to learn anything

slowed down or stopped improving for a time

Greater intelligence can increase isolation

People always prefer to be around geniuses

Communication is unimportant to personal growth

Hard work guarantees popularity

He becomes smarter, so he no longer needs to read books

He becomes smarter, so he stops caring about his future

He becomes smarter, so his job becomes easier than before

He becomes smarter, but feels more alone and misunderstood

All of these.

He is the right age.

He is motivated.

He is intelligent.

to be smarter than Algernon

to be smarter than Dr. Nemur

to be smarter than Dr. Strauss

to be smarter than Miss Kinnian

do something stupid

fail a test

have an operation

lose a package

He jokes with coworkers more often than before

He copies other people’s opinions without thinking

He stops paying attention to how he feels

He writes long progress reports analyzing his own mind and changes

understands more, but also sees painful truths he can’t ignore

stops thinking about the past entirely

forgets everything he learned before the surgery

becomes happy because everyone treats him better