Here is the corrected paragraph with appropriate hyphen usage:
- Attending college in New York City can be pretty scary, especially for a small-town girl from Des Moines, Iowa. 2. Since I am studying nursing, I decided to join Scorpions for Smiles, a student volunteer group that visits children who spend a lot of time in the hospital wards for recovery or treatment purposes. 3. It's a great feeling knowing that a sick or hurting child is benefiting from my time and upbeat attitude. 4. The last time I visited, I brought coloring supplies so that Amy, the eight-year-old patient I usually spend time with, and I could draw pictures for her family. 5. Amy is a very well-known patient; she is always playing practical jokes on the nurses and doctors! 6. When I visited with my student group this past week, Amy wasn't there because she had an X-ray scheduled. 7. I left her a note with some crayons so that she could color after the procedure. 8. Next week is her birthday. 9. I won't be visiting that day, but when I do, I'll bring two plain T-shirts to decorate with paints and markers. 10. The corner store near my dorm has cake mix for only ninety-nine cents! 11. I'll bring a cake for Amy and the rest of her friends, too!
The corrections made include:
- Removed hyphens in "student volunteer group" and "lot of time."
- Added hyphens in "eight-year-old," "well-known," "T-shirts," and corrected "cake mix" and "ninety-nine."
- Fixed "up-beat" to "upbeat."
- Fixed punctuation and removed the hyphen in "and-the-rest" to "and the rest."
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