Excerpt from The School Days of an Indian Girl by Zitkala Sa VII: INCURRING MY MOTHER'S DISPLEASURE. [1] At the close of this second term of three years I was the proud owner of my first diploma. The following autumn I ventured upon a college career against my mother's will [2] I had written for her approval, but in her reply I found no encouragement.She called my notice to her neighbors' children, who had completed their education in three years They had returned to their homes, and were then talking English with the frontier settlers.Her few words hinted that I had better give up QUESTION What phrase from the text best supports that Zitkala Sa feels she is seen as "the other"in college? "wishing I had gone West" "the scornful and yet curious eyes of the students" "homeless and heavy hearted" "deliberate disobedience"

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Excerpt from The School Days of an Indian Girl by Zitkala Sa VII: INCURRING MY MOTHER'S DISPLEASURE. [1] At the close of this second term of three years I was the proud owner of my first diploma. The following autumn I ventured upon a college career against my mother's will [2] I had written for her approval, but in her reply I found no encouragement.She called my notice to her neighbors' children, who had completed their education in three years They had returned to their homes, and were then talking English with the frontier settlers.Her few words hinted that I had better give up QUESTION What phrase from the text best supports that Zitkala Sa feels she is seen as "the other"in college? "wishing I had gone West" "the scornful and yet curious eyes of the students" "homeless and heavy hearted" "deliberate disobedience"

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The phrase that best supports the idea that Zitkala Sa feels she is seen as "the other" in college is "the scornful and yet curious eyes of the students".

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## Step 1The problem asks us to identify the phrase from the text that best supports the idea that Zitkala Sa feels she is seen as "the other" in college. The term "the other" refers to someone who is perceived as different or alien in a particular context.## Step 2We need to analyze each of the given options in the context of the text. The phrase "wishing I had gone West" does not provide any evidence of Zitkala Sa feeling like an outsider. It merely expresses a desire for a different experience.## Step 3The phrase "homeless and heavy-hearted" could suggest a sense of alienation, but it does not specifically indicate that Zitkala Sa feels like an outsider in college.## Step 4The phrase "deliberate disobedience" does not provide any evidence of Zitkala Sa feeling like an outsider. It merely indicates a conscious decision to go against her mother's wishes.## Step 5The phrase "the scornful and yet curious eyes of the students" suggests that Zitkala Sa feels like an outsider in college. The phrase "scornful and yet curious eyes" implies that the students are looking at her with a sense of disdain and curiosity, which could make her feel like an outsider.

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