How do Rakesh's actions contribute to the theme that taking risks can lead to surprising results?
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Rakesh could have just given Tiny a small amount of the smoothie and watched him drink it instead
of going and brushing his teeth.
Rakesh could have just given his tortoise food from the pet store, but instead he made a smoothie
with yogurt, milk, spinach, and kale.
Rakesh could have just dealt with his growing tortoise, but instead he was curious about the
smoothie and decided to drink it, too.
Rakesh could have just ignored the loud thumps coming from the other side of the room and
instead gone back to sleep.

since i dont have alot of context, i think it is Rakesh could have just ignored the loud thumps coming from the other side of the room and instead gone back to sleep.

closer examination, however, finds the mcdonald's kind of job highly uneducational in several ways. far from providing opportunities for entrepreneurship (the lemonade stand) or self- discipline, self-supervision, and self-scheduling (the paper route), most teen jobs these days are highly structured — what social scientists call “highly routinized.”  

true, you still have to have the gumption to get yourself over to the hamburger stand, but once you don the prescribed uniform, your task is spelled out in minute detail.  

c. our lives go by quickly, so take time to enjoy each moment.

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