I'm writing a paper on the benefits of learning a second language. i'd like to introduce it with the fact that a lot of people don't know the names of the holders of different political titles (using statistics). i'm aware that not knowing different political figures isn't going to kill you, but it is somewhat concerning when many people don't know who all runs the country. i'd like to somehow display that not knowing certain things is bad so that i can go on to explain how learning a second language could . any tips? should i give up and just start the paper without acknowledging an issue? you

"[because of the emancipation proclamation] the condition of things [became] … unsettled, revolutionary, with nothing clearly defined, neither slave nor slaveholder having any rights which they felt bound mutually to respect … slave property in the state of missouri was almost a dead weight to the owner; he could not sell because there were no buyers."—h.c. bruce, a former slave in missouri what does this excerpt suggest about the effects of the emancipation proclamation? a. it also undermined slavery in the border states despite not being in effect there.b. it caused complete disintegration of southern society in the states that seceded.c. it led to slave owners not even trying to stop their slaves from leaving the farms.d. it prevented riots or chaos as both owners and slaves simply ignored each other.