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Read the passage from My Antonia by Willa Cather?

Those girls had grown up in the first bitter-hard

times, and had got little schooling themselves. But

the younger brothers and sisters, for whom they

made such sacrifices and who have had

"advantages," never seem to me, when I meet them

now, half as interesting or as well educated. The older

girls, who helped to break up the wild sod, learned so

much from life, from poverty, from their mothers and

grandmothers; they had all, like Antonia, been early

awakened and made observant by coming at a tender

age from an old country to a new.


Which theme is best supported by the contrast in this

passage?


A. It is better for girls to be farmers than teachers.

B. Experience can be a more effective teacher than

formal education.

C. It isn't a good idea to make sacrifices for your family.

D. People who have advantages aren't very interesting.

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Answer:

experience can be a more effective teacher than formal education

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