Down the entrance hall of the school walk four eighth-grade students.Each one is carrying a small basket with a single egg inside. Soon morestudents join them-each one of them is also carrying a basket with an eggThe eggs in a basket are part of a new school program that helps youngpeople understand that having a baby is a great duty.At the beginning of the program, the teacher puts the students in pairs-one girl and one boy. Each pair gets an egg, which they must take care offor two weeks. For those fourteen days, the students have to take care ofthe eggs as though they were real babies. Students whose eggs get brokerhave to start the two weeks all over again with a new egg

1. The purpose of the program is to helpstudents grasp the idea of____
A. carrying a basket with an egg
B. bringing up a baby
C.laying eggs
D. studying hard at school

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