Answer:
The narrators mother looked for chances for the narrator to learn and excel like people in other stories she finds,so it shows the mother wants her to excel.
Explanation:
The evidences include:
- The narrator's mother would find articles, magazines that talked about extraordinary kids and would present new tests for the narrator everyday.
- She worked really hard and wanted her kid to excel at life, so she found articles about amazing kids to inspire her kid.
- One day she found an article about a kid that could recite the all the capitals of states and some countries, and quizzed the narrator about the capital of Finland.