Which best retells the central idea in this excerpt? Stanton’s childhood wish for her father to value her like a son shaped her actions for the rest of her life.

Stanton’s childhood desire to get an education provided her with more opportunities for her future.

Stanton’s father would never value his daughters as much as he valued his one and only son.

Stanton’s father would appreciate his daughter more if she learned Greek and knew how to manage a horse.

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”