Read the following excerpt from “Our Schools are a Scandal” by Kyle Crichton:


The teachers reply that they have the most nerve-racking job ever invented, battling as many as forty little demons (it is now said to be sixty in some classrooms) who are either actively sadistic or have adopted a manner of silent resistance that defies a grain for learning to pierce their craniums.





Based on the excerpt, the phrase silent resistance describes . . .


student’s unwillingness to learn


teacher’s unwillingness to teach


student’s ability to learn


teacher’s ability to teach