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Answer: C
Explanation: "I'm a bank manager and parent of two high school students, so I know just how important financial literacy is for teenagers.". The speaker is connecting with the audience. Assuming that the audience are a group of parents, the speaker is sympathizing with the audience, evoking sympathy from the listeners about students.
The sentence shown in the picture is a run-on sentence.