fortunately, i happen to be rebellious in nature and enjoy the challenge of disagreeing assumptions made…

fortunately, i happen to be rebellious in nature and enjoy the challenge of disagreeing assumptions made about me. i became an english major my first year in college, after being enrolled as pre-med. i started writing as a freelancer the week after i was told by my former boss that writing was my worst skill and i should hone my talents toward account management.\nbut it wasnt until 1985 that i finally began to write fiction. and at first i wrote using what i thought to be wittily crafted sentences. i thought that would finally prove i had mastered the english language. then i am\nwhich statement is the best summary of the central ideas in the whole passage?\no tan is not easily discouraged, even when others do not think she is good at something.\no tan is still embarrassed by her earliest attempts at writing fiction because she assumed that she could use her mother tongue.\no tan disproved assumptions, including her own assumptions about what kind of english was best for fiction, by choosing to write.

fortunately, i happen to be rebellious in nature and enjoy the challenge of disagreeing assumptions made about me. i became an english major my first year in college, after being enrolled as pre-med. i started writing as a freelancer the week after i was told by my former boss that writing was my worst skill and i should hone my talents toward account management.\nbut it wasnt until 1985 that i finally began to write fiction. and at first i wrote using what i thought to be wittily crafted sentences. i thought that would finally prove i had mastered the english language. then i am\nwhich statement is the best summary of the central ideas in the whole passage?\no tan is not easily discouraged, even when others do not think she is good at something.\no tan is still embarrassed by her earliest attempts at writing fiction because she assumed that she could use her mother tongue.\no tan disproved assumptions, including her own assumptions about what kind of english was best for fiction, by choosing to write.

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The passage talks about Tan's rebellious nature of disproving assumptions. She became an English major (disproving being pre - med), started writing (disproving writing was her worst skill), and finally began to write fiction (disproving what was thought to be suitable for fiction). The first option only focuses on not being discouraged. The second option focuses on being embarrassed. The third option encompasses the overall theme of disproving assumptions.

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Tan disproved assumptions, including her own assumptions about what kind of English was best for fiction, by choosing to write.