Read the excerpt from “The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes.” At school, even in kindergarten, you teach us to behave in the world. You teach us . . .

• not to hurt other creatures,
• to share – not be greedy.

Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do?

Suzuki most likely includes this question in her speech to

ask listeners to remember what is taught in kindergarten.
encourage listeners to remember their own kindergarten classes.
challenge listeners to think about how they act in the world.
make listeners feel good about how children in the world are taught.

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir