But the toughest obstacle is having to take away time from those I love most. I am proud of the relationship I have with my wife and kids, so it tears my guts out when I have to look into my daughter's sad face and explain that I
can't go to the Christmas program she's been practicing for weeks because I have a final exam. It's not easy to tell
my three-year-old that I can't push her on the swings because I have a cause-and-effect paper to write, or tell my
seven-year-old that I can't build a snowman because I have an argument essay to polish. As I tell my family that I
can't go sledding with them, my wife lets out a big sigh, and my kids yell, "Puleeze, Daddy, can't you come with
us?" At these times I wonder if my dream of a college education can withstand such an emotional battering, or if it
is even worth it. But I keep on keeping on because I must set a good example for the four little eyes that are
keeping watch over their daddy's every move. I must succeed and pass on to them the right attitude toward
school. This time when I graduate, because of the hurdles I've overcome, there will be a celebration - a proper one.
2. The main idea of the paragraph is that
a. although he misses spending time with his family, Berry feels that graduating from college will make him a
better role model for his children.
b. Berry has two children, one who is three and another who is seven.
c. Berry enjoys family activities such as attending his children's plays and building snowmen.
d. Berry's decision to attend college is hurting his long-term relationships with his wife and daughters.

Hich line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, (there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling), adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as (they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather,) and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that( i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country,) by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich.( i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. reset next)