In recent years, administrators across the country have sought a gender-neutral path to graduation attire to mixed results.

which of the following options best supports the idea that the gender-neutral graduation has been controversial?

a
"the students are asking for a change in gender norms and society's expectations of the gender roles that we play," said julie seaver, the executive director of the lake worth-based lgbtq community center compass.
b
at seminole ridge high west of royal palm beach, the girls have been wearing red and the boys silver since the first class graduated in 2007.
c
on graduation day, those students are also seated separately so that a center aisle divides a sea of red from its reflection in silver.
d
seaver says the topic is an ongoing source of frustration that has come up in her lgbtq community center's youth group discussion and meetings on diversity and inclusion.

Which word best describes the author's tone in this excerpt from "that spot" by jack london? i don’t think much of stephen mackaye any more, though i used to swear by him. i know that in those days i loved him more than my own brother. if ever i meet stephen mackaye again, i shall not be responsible for my actions. it passes beyond me that a man with whom i shared food and blanket, and with whom i mushed over the chilcoot trail, should turn out the way he did. i always sized steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade, without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious in his nature. i shall never trust my judgment in men again. why, i nursed that man through typhoid fever; we starved together on the headwaters of the stewart; and he saved my life on the little salmon. and now, after the years we were together, all i can say of stephen mackaye is that he is the meanest man i ever knew. a. excited b. ironic c. indignant d. playful