Your personal values may influence your academic choices by the lifestyle you live. Let’s say you live in a small town you may want to stay close to home therefore you will go to a community college, that’s one example of academic choices. If you value family they may also have a say in your academic choices.
The answer is A, he is sarcastic. Holden Caulfield throughout the novella has a very condescending and sarcastic tone when it comes to interacting with people. In reality he thinks Ackley is very annoying and would wish he would just leave in this scene.