Read the following excerpt from Gary Soto's story "Like Mexicans."
We talked for an hour and had apple pie and coffee, slowly. Finally, we got up with Carolyn taking my hand. Slightly
embarrassed, I tried to pull away but her grip held me. I let her have her way as she led me down the hallway with her
mother right behind me Carolyn waved again. I looked back, waving Her people were like Mexicans, only
different.
Which of the following statements best describes the irony in this excerpt?

honestly, school in itself just seems to be a huge waste of time. a lot of people graduate but still end up not doing anything in college anyways, which really makes the whole point of graduating seem useless. i'd rather not bring anyone's hopes up then. what i'd recommend is for whoever's reading this to simply drop out.

i mean, kanye did it. he said something along the lines of, "don't let society tell you what to do." now, he's obviously a very successful person, and since his album is called the college dropout i guess he never really had to go through all that nonsense in order to become a millionaire. the same goes for anyone else then.

what are the lines. come on!

a is the indefinite article