Question

next, you analyze the excerpt for word choice and meaning.
you skim back through the article to identify where the author is against the old ways of learning.
\boomers. karens. debbie downers. we all know them. we all despise them. these are the ones whose lifes calling is to rid education of the plague known as technology. they insist on a return to \the good old days,\ where math is calculated by abacus, and you have to know how to calculate by hand $a^{2}+b^{2}=c^{2}$ because \you wont always have a calculator.\ this is the generation that champions mindlessly staring at textbooks from 1965 while copying word - for - word on thousands of sheets of loose - leaf paper that will most likely end up in the cavernous depths of a backpack next to a moldy peanut butter sandwich while a child insists, i turned it in. you must have lost it.\
which word or phrase in the excerpt identifies the authors attitude toward antiquated (outdated) learning methods?
\moldy peanut butter sandwich\
\cavernous depths\
\...math is calculated by abacus\
\boomers. karens. debbie downers.\

Explanation:

The phrase "math is calculated by abacus" is used to describe an old - fashioned and outdated way of doing math. It directly refers to an antiquated learning method (using an abacus for math calculation). The other options like "Moldy peanut butter sandwich" and "Cavernous depths" are more about a description of a physical place or object in a negative - sounding way but not about the learning method itself. "Boomers. Karens. Debbie Downers" are about a group of people, not the learning method.

Answer:

"...math is calculated by abacus"