Option 3: <u>The phrase acts as a noun that is the subject of the sentence.</u>
"Volunteering at the animal shelter in my neighborhood" is a gerund phrase (It begins with a gerund, the "ing" word, and includes others modifiers and objects), and gerund phrases always function as nouns. Therefore, the phrase in the passage acts as a noun, which at the same time is the subject of the sentence since it's what's being discussed.
They are not dum they are about the most helpless creatures alive
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It’s kind of saying if you’re too focused on one thing you’ll only find that one thing and if you’re only wanting to hear one thing you’ll only hear what you want to, sort of like close mindedness, and you won’t be able to see the other good things going on around you
