no - “those four foals you bore”
no - “the support and pleasure of your old age”
yes - “each was sold at a year old”
yes - “all your labour in the fields”
yes - “your bare rations and a stall”
They recorded numbers using the knots on a string called a quipu.
Answer: The reason she writes the speech is to encourage thoughtful reflection, while the reason for her essay is to encourage a larger audience to do the same.
This is an essay about the process of writing a speech. This means that the author is sending a message through two different modes of communication. The author explains that the reason she wrote the speech was to congratulate teachers and families, but more importantly, to encourage reflection (<em>"I wondered how best to create an occasion for reflection"</em>). On the other hand, the reason she is writing the essay is to share the experience. In this way, she is hoping she can encourage this reflection in a larger audience.
