Question

Read the passage from My Antonia by Willa Cather? Those girls had grown up in the first bitter-hard times, and had got little schooling themselves. But the younger brothers and sisters, for whom they made such sacrifices and who have had "advantages,” never seem to me, when I meet them now, half as interesting or as well educated. The older girls, who helped to break up the wild sod, learned so much from life, from poverty, from their mothers and grandmothers; they had all, like Antonia, been early awakened and made observant by coming at a tender age from an old country to a new. Which theme is best supported by the contrast in this passage? It is better for girls to be farmers than teachers. Experience can be a more effective teacher than formal education. It isn’t a good idea to make sacrifices for your family. People who have advantages aren’t very interesting.

Answer 1

My opinion/answer: I think being a teacher would be better, not only that you can get your own education back up, but you can also get other students education up too! But also being a farmer you can grow your own plants, and food.! But I think teachers would be better.