Students should have to have a certain amount of community service hours to graduate. For one, it would help the community, of course. Second, the students would learn about helping the community. And it would make graduating a little bit more of a challenge, so not just anyone can graduate. If doing community service was mandatory to graduate many people would benefit.
A. to highlight how remarkable Curie's later achievements were, considering her difficult beginnings
Which transitional word or phrase would be best to use to show contrast between two ideas?
B) although
Well, some people collect rocks, so you could write:
I have collected rocks from San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Boston.