Read the excerpt from a speech to the school board about the art department.

Art is the foundation of what it means to be a human. So many things try to push their way into being more important. We need to refocus ourselves and reevaluate our priorities. We should not cut the funding to the school's art department, because the students will suffer. Everyone thinks that art class is just fun and games. We always think that we need to prioritize everything else first. But it is everything else that will suffer when we lack art and beauty in our lives.

Which ideas from the excerpt would be most appropriate to include in a summary? Select two options.

“Art is the foundation of what it means to be a human.”
“We should not cut the funding to the school's art department, because the students will suffer.”
“We need to refocus ourselves and reevaluate our priorities.”
“Everyone thinks that art class is just fun and games.”
“But it is everything else that will suffer when we lack art and beauty in our lives.”

A. “Art is the foundation of what it means to be a human.”
B. “We should not cut the funding to the school's art department, because the students will suffer.”

What is Summary?

This refers to the concise representation of the main points of a given text without the use of bias.

Hence, we can see that from the given excerpt, there is the narration of the importance of art and its education to students and the quotes about how “Art is the foundation of what it means to be a human.” should be included in a summary.