Read the passage carefully. Middle schools and high schools should be either all boys or all girls because students in single-gender schools perform better academically. A 1993 study found that in mixed-gender schools, teachers favored boys over girls by allowing boys to call out but reminding girls to raise their hands when they did the same.
According to the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools, “Girls who attend single-sex schools outscore their coed counterparts on the SAT by an average of 28-43 points.” Studies show that boys also benefit from single-gender classrooms because they are more apt to engage in varied activities and try new things without fear of embarrassment. Likewise, girls are more likely to excel in traditionally male-dominated STEM courses when they are in an all girls’ environment.
Which statement best challenges the author’s claim with contrasting evidence?
The study from 1993 is outdated.
Separating by gender seems unfair.
In coed classes with more girls than boys, all students did better.
How will males and females adjust in the workforce when they are together?

In coed classes with more girls than boys, all students did better.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)