Answer:
The quotation<u> "The first step was supposed to have been attending my parents’ alma mater, graduating with honors " </u>develops the central idea that unexpected events are important part of growing up
Explanation:
<u>The narrator when he was a child never through that when he will grow up as a adult , he will graduate with honors from the same college ,which was earlier attended by his Parents</u> -This quotation clearly reflects unexpected events in the narrators life.
I would say the subject is color, we get so wrapped in our own colors that we forget to sit back and enjoy the life and color that is around us, we get wrapped up in depression or sadness and we stay there. He’s trying to convey that this is dull and lifeless yes but all you have to do it add color
Summarizing Washington's words, the main goal of institution is to improve the education by creating institutions that will bring to America bigger amound of qualified specialists/