Snopes one day i overheard the teacher tell the inspector that i was 'addled' and it would not be worthwhile keeping me in school any longer. i was so hurt by this last straw that i burst out crying and went home and told my mother about it. then i found out what a good thing a good mother is. she came out as my strong defender. mother love was aroused, mother pride wounded to the quick. she brought me back to the school and angrily told the teacher that he didn't know what he was talking about, that i had more brains than he himself, and a lot more talk like that. in fact, she was the most enthusiastic champion a boy ever had, and i determined right then that i would be worthy of her and show her that her confidence was not misplaced

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.