Which is the best way to combine the sentences to form one sentence with a compound predicate?

i rode the ski lift. i skied down the mountain.

a. i rode the ski lift, i skied down the mountain. b. i rode the ski lift and skied down the mountain. c. i rode the ski lift, and i skied down the mountain.

honestly, school in itself just seems to be a huge waste of time. a lot of people graduate but still end up not doing anything in college anyways, which really makes the whole point of graduating seem useless. i'd rather not bring anyone's hopes up then. what i'd recommend is for whoever's reading this to simply drop out.

i mean, kanye did it. he said something along the lines of, "don't let society tell you what to do." now, he's obviously a very successful person, and since his album is called the college dropout i guess he never really had to go through all that nonsense in order to become a millionaire. the same goes for anyone else then.

i believe the answer is thesis, reasons, evidence, counterclaim, conclusion