Read the excerpt from "At School." As immigrant kids went through the school system, they became more Americanized. They learned about American heroes, American folklore, and the workings of American government. They absorbed American manners and customs. They became experts on American fads, fashions, and slang. Youngsters entering school often could be identified as Italians, Greeks, Russians, or Poles. When they left school, they looked, talked, and acted just like other American kids.

Which best describes the central idea of this paragraph?

Immigrant children became more integrated into American culture through going to school.
Immigrant children lost their personal identities by going to school in America.
Immigrant children learned about many aspects of America through going to school.
Immigrant children learned specific American traditions through going to school.

“dylan was a revolutionary,” bruce springsteen said in his 1988 speech inducting dylan into the rock and roll hall of fame. “the way that elvis freed your body, bob freed your mind.” early masterpieces such as “a hard rain’s a-gonna fall” and “visions of johanna” and “like a rolling stone” fueled a debate: are rock lyrics poetry? the answer must be yes, because on thursday, dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the nobel prize in literature. the swedish academy, in making him the first american winner since novelist toni morrison in 1993, cited him for “having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition.” –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca what is the best summary of the author’s claim? rock lyrics can be like poetry. bob dylan was a revolutionary. musicians deserve nobel prizes. more americans deserve nobel prizes.