1.2. Which best retells the central idea in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from Eighty Years and More:
Reminiscences, 1815-1897
Then and there I resolved that I would not give so much
time as heretofore to play, but would study and strive to
be at the head of all my classes and thus delight my
father's heart. All that day and far into the night!
pondered the problem of boyhood. I thought that the chief
thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned
and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn
to manage a horse. Having formed this conclusion I fell
asleep. My resolutions, unlike many such made at night,
did not vanish with the coming light. I arose early and
hastened to put them into execution. They were
resolutions never to be forgotten destined to mold my
character anew.
O Stanton's childhood wish for her father to value her
like a son shaped her actions for the rest of her life.
O Stanton's childhood desire to get an education
provided her with more opportunities for her future.
O Stanton's father would never value his daughters as
much as he valued his one and only son.
O Stanton's father would appreciate his daughter more if
she learned Greek and knew how to manage a horse.