Hard times by charles dickens (excerpt) the scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a school-room, and the speaker's square forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the schoolmaster's sleeve. the emphasis was by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves, overshadowed by the wall… the speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders, —nay, his very neckcloth, trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was, —all the emphasis. "in this life, we want nothing but facts, sir; nothing but facts! " the speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and swept with their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels then and there arranged in order, ready to have imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim. what does the passage imply about children and learning? a. children are usually rowdy so teachers need to be strict disciplinarians. b. children are overly passive in school and therefore do not learn well. c. children who learn facts and conform will likely succeed in life. d. children would be best served if allowed to develop as individuals. i know for sure it's not c

D. Children would be best served if allowed to develop as individuals.

Explanation:

In this excerpt of Hard Times, from the beginning, Dickens builds up himself inside a contemporary discussion on the idea of learning, knowledge and education.

The depiction of the study hall is certainly satire, a study of utilitarianism, and comparable philosophies of insight that recommended the outright dependence upon estimations and facts contrary to emotion, imaginative inspiration and leisure.

two factors or characteristics of a chapter that might make it difficult to read would be words i don't understand, or if i don't fully understand what's going on in the chapter. strategies i can use to get through the difficult material would be a dictionary, and re-reading previous chapters to get a better grasp of what the author is trying to say.

malvolio only loves olivia because he thinks if they get married to olivia he will have a noble title, people to serve him, and fine clothes to wear. also he thinks if they get married he will have many expensive things, and he thinks he will be able to order toby around. malvolio only wants to be noble and boss people around he dose not really love olivia. but viola love for duke orsino is real she really loves orsino.

i think he will fail because he tried to get her to love him and she said oh, you are sick of self-love, malvolio. there is no slander in an allowed fool. so i think she knows what malvolio is trying to do. she knows that he only wants to marry her because he wants to be noble and boss people around so that it why i think she said oh, you are sick of self-love, malvolio. there is no slander in an allowed fool because she new he was selfish.