Noun/Verb/Adjective Stress

RAISING MY SIGHTS
By Terri McPherson
My six-year-old granddaughter, Caitlynd, and I stopped at a Tim Horton's donut shop for a blueberry muffin. As we were going out the door, a young teenage boy was coming in.
This young man had no hair on the sides of his head and a tuft of blue spiked hair on top of it. One of his nostrils was pierced, and attached to the hoop that ran through the hole was a chain that draped across his face and attached to a ring he was wearing in his ear. He held a skateboard under one arm and a basketball under the other. Caitlynd, who was walking ahead of me, stopped in her tracks when she saw the teen. I thought he'd scared the dickens out of her, and she'd frozen on the spot. I was wrong. My Grand angel backed up against the door and opened it as wide as it would go. Now I was face to face with the young man. I stepped aside and let him pass. His response was a gracious, "Thank you very much."
On our way to the car, I commended Caitlynd for her manners in holding open the door for the young man. She didn't seem to be troubled by his appearance, but I wanted to make sure. If a grandmotherly talk about freedom of self-expression and allowing people their differences was in order, I wanted to be ready.
As it turned out, the person who needed the talk was me. The only thing Caitlynd noticed about the teen was the fact that his arms were full. “He would had a hard time to open the door. “
I saw the partially shaved head, the tuft of spiked hair, the piercings and the chain. She saw a person carrying something under each arm and heading toward a closed door.
In the future, I hope to get down on her level and raise my sights.
1) What was the grandmother's impression of the teenage boy outside the store?
2) Why did she have this impression?
3) What did Caitlynd do that amazed her grandmother?
4) What does it mean when the grandmother said that in the future, she needs to go down on Caitlynd's level and raise her sights?
1) tuft - a clump or a cluster of
2) draped - dangled on or displayed on
3) pierced - to cut or pass through with or as if with a sharp instrument
Examples:
1) My mom draped my picture on the wall.
2) I had my nose pierced.
1) Would you have the same impression as the grandmother had for the teenage boy? Why or why not?
2) Do you think first impressions are important? Why or why not?
3) Would you do as Caitlynd did for the teenage boy?
4) Compare the sayings: (What does each one mean?)
" First impression lasts" and 'Don't judge the book by its cover."
Which of the two do you apply most of the time? Why?