Which statement best evaluates this response to the writing prompt? Prompt: The local school board is considering making the school day shorter. Write a letter to the editor of the local paper arguing in support of the proposed change. State your opinion and then support it with reasons. Make sure you acknowledge any opposing viewpoints. Associated Passage: Dear Editor: In my opinion, the school day should be shorter. Some people say that students should spend more time in class in order to learn more each day. However, those people underestimate the educational value of after-school activities. Like me, many students have activities after school that are an important part of their education. They need time for these activities and their homework Therefore, students should spend fewer hours in class.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”