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The cartoon isn't criticizing anyone in particular, but the school system today inputs knowledge into your brain that won't be useful later on, and if you don't understand that or do not keep up, you will be "left behind", while useful knowledge that could be used later is labeled not useful. The target of the image is to put it simply, the school system. I can see them using reversal, as they are changing the ways school was intended to be used in the first place.
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This should answer your question
https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/according-bacon-what-three-main-benefits-study-464405
Salinas Valley in December at Henry Allen's ranch
I would say b since noun means a person, place, or thing.
