What claim by the author in the passage? A competition is a great way to engage students to be more
Interested in school activities because it adds a "fun" element to
the learning process. Competitions are also known to motivate
some students. But are competitions always healthy? Is being
part of competitions the only way to prove capability? Students'
families should not force students to participate in
competitions.
The idea of winning a competition may be so demanding
that a student may concentrate all of his or her efforts on
preparing for the competition over other things. This may
create an imbalance in the student's life. Students might also
neglect their studies because they are intent at being successful
In only one thing. This fear of losing may also make students
overwork, which can have a negative effect.
Moreover, it is obvious that any competition will have only
one winner, and the others have to brace themselves for
disappointment. Sometimes, even though a person may
perform well, he or she may lose a competition to someone
who performs slightly better. This disappointment can affect
the confidence of the competitor, and therefore, his or her
performance.
Thus, competitions can have a negative impact on students.

A. Competitions do not improve student interest in school activities.

B. The demands of competing may cause students to get anxious

C. Students do not have the time to participate in school activities.

D. Students are trying to balance both studies and other activities.

Asap plz which sentence from this excerpt of jefferson davis’s inaugural address indicates that secession was the confederacy’s way of reclaiming its legal powers? an agricultural people, whose chief interest is the export of a commodity required in every manufacturing country, our true policy is peace, and the freest trade which our necessities will permit . . there can be but little rivalry between ours and any manufacturing or navigating community, such as the northeastern states of the american union. it must follow, therefore, that a mutual interest would invite good will and kind offices. if, however, passion or the lust of dominion should cloud the judgment or inflame the ambition of those states, we must prepare to meet the emergency and to maintain, by the final arbitrament of the sword, the position which we have assumed among the nations of the earth. we have entered upon the career of independence, and it must be inflexibly pursued. through many years of controversy with our late associates, the northern states, we have vainly endeavored to secure tranquillity, and to obtain respect for the rights to which we were entitled. as a necessity, not a choice, we have resorted to the remedy of separation; and henceforth our energies must be directed to the conduct of our own affairs, and the perpetuity of the confederacy which we have formed. if a just perception of mutual interest shall permit us peaceably to pursue our separate political career, my most earnest desire will have been fulfilled. but, if this be denied to us, and the integrity of our territory and jurisdiction be assailed, it will but remain for us, with firm resolve, to appeal to arms and invoke the blessings of providence on a just cause . .