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Allow furry test aides

I believe that animal shelters should bring animals to schools when they are conducting state testing. I am going to be doing state testing soon and it makes me very scared because I don’t want to fail. When you are stressed out, concentration can be hard and having animals around makes it easier.

Testing can make you nervous and uneasy but petting a friendly, furry animal makes you happy and calm. Not only will taking shelter animals to school help students but it will also give the animals a good field trip. Kids could bond with their furry buddy and animals may find a home from someone at the school.

If animals were at state testing, I bet scores would be higher and more animals would be adopted, thus both kids and the animals would go home happy.

Graciella Alvarez

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