Question

marks by the president in a national address to america’s schoolchildren, 2009 by barack obama now, i’ve given a lot of speeches about education. and i’ve talked about responsibility a lot. i’ve talked about teachers’ responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn. i’ve talked about your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done ... but at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world—and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other
\you have to let your failures teach you. you have to let them show you what to do differently the next time. so if you get into trouble, that doesn’t mean you’re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to act right. if you get a bad grade, that doesn’t mean you’re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.\ (paragraph 16)
how do these sentences support the author’s purpose within the text?

• by offering encouragement to support struggling students
• by presenting obama’s interpretation of success for students
• by sharing obama’s frustrations from when he was a student
• by recognizing that a student can be unfairly blamed for an action

Explanation:

The sentences talk about using failures to learn and encouraging students to try harder (act right, study more) when facing issues. Option A says they offer encouragement to struggling students, which matches. Option B is about success interpretation (not here), C about his student frustrations (not mentioned), D about unfair blame (not the focus).

Answer:

A. by offering encouragement to support struggling students