Odern and the Media Read this passage from "How to Prepare for a Road Trip
You're about to graduate from high school. You're starting
college, or a new job, in a month. Sure, you could sit en
your sofa and play video games for that entire month,
growing pale and bleary. You could hang out at your
friend's house all month, lounging by the pool, growing
bronzed and bleary. But you could also hit the road. There
are over 4 million miles of road in the United States =
paved and unpaved, straight and winding, through canyons
of orange sandstone and canyons of steel and glass high-
rises, over vast rivers and lakes and sagebrush-studded
desert, from the surfing waves of the Pacific to the
boardwalks of the Atlantic. Go forth, young person! And
bring a friend
This document will explain how to prepare for a road trip,
whether it's only for a few days or up to a month.
What do the underlined words suggest about the purpose of the passage?
O A. The author wants to persuade readers that taking a read trip is
more fun than most summer activities.
B. The author wants to inquire about whether young people enjoy
traveling more than staying home
C. The author wants to entertain readers with a fantasy about the
pleasures of the open road

A

Explanation:

a p e x just took the test

explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).