Sentence 1: Elaine had recently started her first year of high school. 
 Sentence 3: She begged her mother to let her switch schools 
 Sentence 4:  At first her mother resisted, but soon she agreed as things got worse 
 Sentence 5:  Luckily Elaine loved her new school and did much better there 
 Option 1: She was having a hard time and before long had become a bully. 
 Option 2: She was having a hard time and before long had many bullies.