What are two similarities between boxed and homemade mac ’n’ cheese?

that they are both weird

Explanation:

A) The words downside and perhaps impart a skeptical tone.

Explanation: The tone of a text or sentence is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like: positive, negative, objective, sad, angry, etc. In the given excerpt the words "downside" and "perhaps" convey a skeptical tone about whether or not students should have laptops at school.