Read the passage from “An Hour with Abuelo” by Judith Ortiz Cofer. In those days you could teach in a country school with a high school diploma. So I went back to my mountain village and got a job teaching all grades in a little classroom built by the parents of my students. I had books sent to me by the government. I felt like a rich man although the pay was very small. Which line from the passage best reveals Abuelo’s perspective that education is important? In those days you could teach in a country school with a high school diploma.

So I went back to my mountain village and got a job teaching all grades in a little classroom built by the parents of my students.

I had books sent to me by the government.

I felt like a rich man although the pay was very small.