1) Read these sentences from "For special-needs kids, Buddy Baseball lives up to its name": Giambalvo was inspired to become a buddy at the Wheaton program after watching her older brother participate. She recalls being unsure of how to gain the trust of Dungan when they were introduced.

2) Would it be a good idea to combine these two sentences using a semicolon? Explain why or why not using the following sentence stem:
Joining these two sentences with a semicolon would be a (good or bad) idea because...