IMO - C
OA please.
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B) for reasons explained above. OA please.reachac wrote:In general, jobs are harder to get in times of economic recession because many businesses cut back operations. However, any future recessions in Vargonia will probably not reduce the availability of teaching jobs at government-funded schools. This is because Vargonia has just introduced a legal requirement that education in government-funded schools be available, free of charge, to all Vargonian children regardless of the state of the economy, and that current student-teacher ratios not be exceeded.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
A. The current student-teacher ratio at Vargonia’s government-funded schools is higher than it was during the most recent period of economic recession.
B. During recent periods when the Vargonian economy has been strong, almost 25 percent of Vargonian children have attended privately funded schools, many of which charge substantial fees.
C. Nearly 20 percent more teachers are currently employed in Vargonia’s government-funded schools than had been employed in those schools in the period before the last economic recession.
D. Teachers in Vargonia’s government-funded schools are well paid relative to teachers in most privately funded schools in Vargonia, many of which rely heavily on part-time teachers.
E. During the last economic recession in Vargonia, the government permanently closed a number of the schools that it had funded.
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In general, jobs are harder to get in times of economic recession because many businesses cut back operations. However, any future recessions in Vargonia will probably not reduce the availability of teaching jobs at government-funded schools. This is because Vargonia has just introduced a legal requirement that education in government-funded schools be available, free of charge, to all Vargonian children regardless of the state of the economy, and that current student-teacher ratios not be exceeded.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
A. The current student-teacher ratio at Vargonia’s government-funded schools is higher than it was during the most recent period of economic recession.
B. During recent periods when the Vargonian economy has been strong, almost 25 percent of Vargonian children have attended privately funded schools, many of which charge substantial fees.
C. Nearly 20 percent more teachers are currently employed in Vargonia’s government-funded schools than had been employed in those schools in the period before the last economic recession.
D. Teachers in Vargonia’s government-funded schools are well paid relative to teachers in most privately funded schools in Vargonia, many of which rely heavily on part-time teachers.
E. During the last economic recession in Vargonia, the government permanently closed a number of the schools that it had funded.
Ans: B
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
A. The current student-teacher ratio at Vargonia’s government-funded schools is higher than it was during the most recent period of economic recession.
B. During recent periods when the Vargonian economy has been strong, almost 25 percent of Vargonian children have attended privately funded schools, many of which charge substantial fees.
C. Nearly 20 percent more teachers are currently employed in Vargonia’s government-funded schools than had been employed in those schools in the period before the last economic recession.
D. Teachers in Vargonia’s government-funded schools are well paid relative to teachers in most privately funded schools in Vargonia, many of which rely heavily on part-time teachers.
E. During the last economic recession in Vargonia, the government permanently closed a number of the schools that it had funded.
Ans: B
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The answer shold be B
The question is to strengthen the argument "However, any future recessions in Vargonia will probably not reduce the availability of teaching jobs at government-funded schools".
A - Nothing to do with the current ratio with past ratio.
B -
C - Current student teacher ratio will be maintained, hence if excess teachers, it will continue.
D - Nothing to do with salary / payment
E - states that the status quo of student teacher ratio will be maintained. In next recession when another school will see the decline in no. of students, those students will go to govt. schools and consequently the no. of teachers will increase. Weakens
The question is to strengthen the argument "However, any future recessions in Vargonia will probably not reduce the availability of teaching jobs at government-funded schools".
A - Nothing to do with the current ratio with past ratio.
B -
C - Current student teacher ratio will be maintained, hence if excess teachers, it will continue.
D - Nothing to do with salary / payment
E - states that the status quo of student teacher ratio will be maintained. In next recession when another school will see the decline in no. of students, those students will go to govt. schools and consequently the no. of teachers will increase. Weakens
IMO B as it states that at the time of strong economy, 25 percent students study in private schools and pay substantial amount.. this clearly indicates that at the time of recession they will not pay this amount and go to govern. funded schools.. And the argument is about the ratio of S to T, so if S increases then T must increase as per the stimuli and thus B supports the conclusion..Vignesh.4384 wrote:Hi raunekk,
i got it right this time
option B says 25% of them attened private schools which has more tutuion fees.But C doesnt make sense because it says 'before the last recession"...
So was left with B...If you read it closely.. it does make sense..
Argument talks about the current situation and the steps gov. will take for future recession.. which could lead to 'many businesses cut back operations"...like reduction in number of teachers in private school or close down..
1)This could mean that those who attend private school are form wealthy families and wil continue to do so even during recession period.
2)The passage does not say any thing about private schools being shut down.
3)even if there economic recession is huge, there is no substantical evidence to show that private school teachers will be in the lione of fire..
Consider option D: It says the teachers of govt school are paid well..This would mean there will not be a decrease in the no of teachers in the govt school. So he student teacher ratio wil stil be maintained ..
Wonder where this question came from ?
it seems to be very vague.
IMO D
Regards,
Vignesh
D on the other hand is out of scope.
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A-> Our of contextreachac wrote:In general, jobs are harder to get in times of economic recession because many businesses cut back operations. However, any future recessions in Vargonia will probably not reduce the availability of teaching jobs at government-funded schools. This is because Vargonia has just introduced a legal requirement that education in government-funded schools be available, free of charge, to all Vargonian children regardless of the state of the economy, and that current student-teacher ratios not be exceeded.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
A. The current student-teacher ratio at Vargonia’s government-funded schools is higher than it was during the most recent period of economic recession.
B. During recent periods when the Vargonian economy has been strong, almost 25 percent of Vargonian children have attended privately funded schools, many of which charge substantial fees.
C. Nearly 20 percent more teachers are currently employed in Vargonia’s government-funded schools than had been employed in those schools in the period before the last economic recession.
D. Teachers in Vargonia’s government-funded schools are well paid relative to teachers in most privately funded schools in Vargonia, many of which rely heavily on part-time teachers.
E. During the last economic recession in Vargonia, the government permanently closed a number of the schools that it had funded.
B-> When economy is weak how do we know that children WILL go to gov. funded schools???. No clear conclusion. We cannot make that assumption.
D-> To me, this seems out of context.
E-> History here is irrelevant because the new system is just introduced.
C-> I used POE to arrive at C. Moreover it tends to show that there is a increase in hiring. So the current ratio includes the 20% more teachers hired. So letting teachers "go" will adversely affect the plan.
Nice question. Let us know the OA please.
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The conclusion is that public (ie, government-funded) schools won't lose teachers.
The evidence is that there is a new law stipulating that government-funded education be available to all students, and that student to teacher ratios not be exceeded.
Choice B tells us that, prior to the recession, almost a quarter of kids attended privately funded schools that charged a whole bunch of money. Now that there is a recession, if these kids turn to the public schools, there will be more students in the public schools. But because the law mandates that the student-to-teacher ratio be preserved, the public schools will then have to hire more teachers. More teachers definitely makes the conclusion (that public schools won't lose teachers) more likely to come true. Thus, choice B strengthens.
The conclusion is that public (ie, government-funded) schools won't lose teachers.
The evidence is that there is a new law stipulating that government-funded education be available to all students, and that student to teacher ratios not be exceeded.
Choice B tells us that, prior to the recession, almost a quarter of kids attended privately funded schools that charged a whole bunch of money. Now that there is a recession, if these kids turn to the public schools, there will be more students in the public schools. But because the law mandates that the student-to-teacher ratio be preserved, the public schools will then have to hire more teachers. More teachers definitely makes the conclusion (that public schools won't lose teachers) more likely to come true. Thus, choice B strengthens.
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ohh i thought this question was argued or i did it beforereachac wrote:In general, jobs are harder to get in times of economic recession because many businesses cut back operations. However, any future recessions in Vargonia will probably not reduce the availability of teaching jobs at government-funded schools. This is because Vargonia has just introduced a legal requirement that education in government-funded schools be available, free of charge, to all Vargonian children regardless of the state of the economy, and that current student-teacher ratios not be exceeded.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
A. The current student-teacher ratio at Vargonia�s government-funded schools is higher than it was during the most recent period of economic recession.
B. During recent periods when the Vargonian economy has been strong, almost 25 percent of Vargonian children have attended privately funded schools, many of which charge substantial fees.
C. Nearly 20 percent more teachers are currently employed in Vargonia�s government-funded schools than had been employed in those schools in the period before the last economic recession.
D. Teachers in Vargonia�s government-funded schools are well paid relative to teachers in most privately funded schools in Vargonia, many of which rely heavily on part-time teachers.
E. During the last economic recession in Vargonia, the government permanently closed a number of the schools that it had funded.
OA i chose is B, definitely.
the argument states that recession will make some private schools's teachers lose jobs but not teachers in goven-funded school in Vargonian because it follow a Law which states that every student MUST go to school
since B says that during the recent period when economy has been strong, almost 25 percent of Vargonian children have attended privately funded school, Thus when economic meets recession, parents of children cant offer enough money for their kids to join private school and every children have to go to school because its LAW thus those kids must transfer to govn-funded school and since more students, the govn-funded schools MUST clearly hire more teachers!
