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Topic 509: The following appeared in an editorial from a newspaper serving the town of Saluda.
"The Saluda Consolidated High School offers over 200 different courses from which its students can choose. A much smaller
private school down the street offers a basic curriculum of only 80 different courses, but it consistently sends a higher proportion
of its graduating seniors on to college than Consolidated does. By eliminating at least half of the courses offered there and
focusing on a basic curriculum, we could improve student performance at Consolidated and also save many tax dollars."
Discuss how well reasoned . . . Etc.
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The conclusion endorsed in this statement is that by eliminating at least half of the courses offered there and focusing on a basic curriculum, Saluda Consolidated High School could improve student performance at Consolidated and also save many tax dollars. This argument appears to be somehow convincing at the first glance, but further reflection reveals that the conclusion is based on some dubious assumption and the reasoning is biased. As the paragraphs to come will demonstrate how groundless the conclusion is. Read more... - Saluda School... by japs82
The argument that appeared in a newspaper editorial in the town of Saluda recommends that the Saluda Consolidated High School eliminate at least half of the courses and focus on a basic curriculum to improve student performance and to save many tax dollars. The argument , in its present state, seems coherent at the first stance, but, on further analyzing the argument, a number of overreaching assumptions and lack of adequate information become apparent. Among the foremost of its flaws, is the failure on author\'s part to address or even acknowledge other reasons of good performance of students at the small private school. Read more... - Education and Higher Education... by rddadbha
The given argument is trying to interpret the patterns of college education exhibited by the students of the Saluda Consolidated High Schools v/s a Private School. The information available is that the ratio of students pursuing college education to the total number of students in the school is consistently better in the private school than the Consolidated School; and that the number of courses offered by the private school is 80 vis-a-vis 200 in the Consolidated High. The conclusion drawn by the newspaper editor is that the Consolidated High must consider dropping some courses from its curriculum to and focus only on the basic courses in an attempt to increase the students interest in further education. Read more... - my second attempt... by gremajain
The resoning of the Saluda Consolidated school does not sound very impressive. It lacks some very important issues that can help any school improve the performance of its students.
Read more... - Saluda Consolidated High School... by rediff
The argument that the reduction in the courses offered and focus on the basic curriculum will improve the performance of students at Consolidated omits some important concerns that must be addressed to substantiate the argument. The latter part of the argument basically makes a comparison with some other school. This cannot logically favor the argument. Read more... - Public vs Private... by quinnn
The editorial argues that Saluda Consolidated High School should reduce the number of courses offered in order to improve student performance and that this move will help save tax dollars. He not only presents insufficient evidence but also draws wrong inferences from this evidence and hence this evidence does not lend any credibility to his argument. Read more... - Reduction in the number of courses... by sunslinger
The newspaper suggests that by halving the number of courses at Consolidated, it would be able to both be able to increase the number of students that go on to college and save tax dollars. However, its line of reasoning is based on some assumptions that may not be true. A discussion on the newspaper\'s line of reasoning is as follows. Read more... - ... by ANONYMOUS
The above editorial omitted some important items that must be addressed to substantiate the opinion and it did not provide enough support or proof of the main idea. First, the reason why Consolidated`s proportion of students entering college is lower than that of the smaller private scholl is not persuasive. Second, the definition of student`s performance is debatable. Read more...
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