Mrs. Belvedere, a school counselor at Collins High, is concerned with Ann, a tenth grader who is missing class more and more frequently. When Mrs. Belvedere expresses her concern to Ann, the student responds that school is no longer a priority for her at the moment and that she is working part time; she likes what she does at work as well as the pay that goes with it, and she's even excited that the job may turn into a full time position in the near future. What developmental knowledge does Mrs. Belvedere need for understanding this student's perspective?

A. This student may be having financial problems at home, and her single mom may be asking the student to help out
B. This student is more concerned with the present than with the future
C. This student is likely still operating at the concrete operational stage, and thus has difficulty reasoning through complex problems and situations
D. This student's reasoning mirrors her cognitive development