All of these statements from the passage give evidence that the speaker
-repeated a grade in high school EXCEPT
A)
Counselors were shown that I didn't have to graduate
with my class, like they so earnestly wished for me
to.
I showed the teachers who said, "Conrad, your
B) sophomore year will be two of the best years of your
life, son."
Then, maybe I would have gone to those Physical
Science study halls. Maybe I would have actually
done my homework in Mr. Pugnacious' class.
Just because he only took the requisite twelve years
to make it through school and graduate from his
alma mater, and I took slightly longer, that doesn't
make me a loser.
D)