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The difference between education goals back in 1954 vs today is that today goals is to make sure everyone has a education and graduate. Back then it didn't really matter if a student were to complete school or not because they didn't have control over that. In today's society they actually have control over them but they still have the choice to drop out if they wanted too.

the animal shelter ad with animals in cages, starving and dying.

explanation:

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)