Which answer choice is the best summary of the excerpt?
o laura bridgman was deaf and blind, and she had been
educated helen needed to be educated like laura
bridgman so that she could express herself
helen had frequent outbursts because she needed a
means of communication helen's mother began
looking for someone to educate helen
dr howe had developed methods of teaching the deaf
and blind, but he had been dead for many years
helen's parents had difficulty finding her a teacher
helen's friends and relatives didn't think she could be
taught helen's mother read about laura bridgman,
who was deaf and blind and had been educated.

Excerpt from the rainbow, chapter x (excerpt) d. h. lawrence then there was an outcry. mrs. brangwen would not have it; no, she would not. all her innate dignity and standoffishness rose up. then there was the vicar lecturing the school. "it was a sad thing that the boys of cossethay could not behave more like gentlemen to the girls of cossethay. indeed, what kind of boy was it that should set upon a girl, and kick her, and beat her, and tear her pinafore? that boy deserved severe castigation, and the name of coward, for no boy who was not a coward—etc., etc." from the textual evidence provided in this paragraph, what conclusions can the reader draw regarding the vicar? a) he favors boys over girls. b) he has no strong feelings. c) he supports mrs. brangwen's perspective entirely. d) he tends to be indulgent towards children's misbehavior.