TOEFL Writing

4th section of the NEW TOEFL

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Question 1:

A human rater and a computer rater

Your essay is rated out of 5
Read a 280-word article broken down into 4 paragraphs for 3 minutes
Listen to a lecture that counters the article for 2 minutes
That same article appears on a split screen as you type for the 20 minutes
Write an essay answering how the lecture counters the article for 20 minutes
Send paragraphs to: NoteFull.com on Skype or Writing@NoteFull.com

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Time Management for Question 1

Reading (3 minutes total)

1st paragraph/part - finish by 2:30 sec (30 sec)

2nd paragraph/part - finish by 1:40 sec (50 sec)
3rd paragraph/part - finish by 0:50 sec (50 sec)
4th paragraph/part - finish by 0:00 (50 sec)

Question

Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the specific
points made in the reading passage.

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Logical Understanding for Anticipation

Wrong or implausible claim (certainty vs. possibility)

R: The fossils show that dinosaur ABC walked on four legs.

P: Wrong or implausible

Wrong--support…

R: First, the fossil's structure shows they walked on four legs.

?

It's true, but--support...

R: First, the fossil's structure shows they walked on four legs.

?

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How to Take Notes

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Timing (20 minutes total)

1st paragraph: state author’s claim (background as necessary); explain how professor counters it; state
professor's claim if there is one - finish by 17:00 min.

2nd paragraph: state author's first reason/theory of support completely; explain how the professor
opposes it; then detail the argument that supports the professor's opposition; (repeat that the lecture
countered the reading) - finish by 11:20 sec

3rd paragraph: state author's second reason/theory of support completely; explain how the professor
opposes it; then detail the argument that supports the professor's opposition; (repeat that the lecture
countered the reading) - finish by 5:40 sec

4th paragraph: state author's third reason/theory of support completely; explain how the professor
opposes it; then detail the argument that supports the professor's opposition; (repeat that the lecture
countered the reading) - finish by 0:00

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Template to Reference

Danger, danger, danger Think first, use second. Can you discover as you read and apply this
template that any strongly structured argument against a point would follow this pattern? Can you
make this template your own?

Again, understand the author's point first, how the professor speaks against the author's point first, and
apply this template as you type second.

• The (article/reading/author…) states that...

• (However/In contrast/In response...), the professor explains that... [repeat author as appropriate]
• and continues by showing how the (points/reasons/theories...) in the (article/reading/passage…) are
(flawed/weak/improbable...)

• (First/Second/Third/Final...), the (article/reading/author…) supports the (idea/claim/theory...) by

explaining that...
• (However/In contrast/In response...), the professor (explains/tells us…) that… [repeat author as
appropriate]
• (In fact…) the professor (highlights/focuses on/details…)…
• (In this way/Consequently/As a result),… [repeat the author's point/theory/claim… is overcome]

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1st paragraph: state author’s claim; explain how professor counters it; state professor's claim if there
is one - finish by 17 min.

Each paragraph must be logical, complete, and understandable from YOUR words as well as the
reading’s and lecture’s… regardless of how the information was presented, your writing must be clear.

Reading

Human presence maintaining is impossible on Venus

Many scientists believe it would be possible to maintain a permanent human presence on Mars or the
Moon. On the other hand, conditions on Venus are so extreme and inhospitable that maintaining a
human presence there would be impossible.

maintaining human impossible

Lecture

Setting up a permanent station on Venus may not be without challenges, but it is certainly possible. One
solution that’s been proposed is to establish a station that would be floating in Venus’ atmosphere like a
balloon rather than standing on its surface. The station would float about 50 kilometers above Venus’
surface. On a station located high in the atmosphere the problems the reading mentions can be solved.

possible
solution station surface
float 50
problems solved

Question

Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how the proposal discussed in the
lecture would solve the specific challenges described in the reading passage.

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Our examples

Human presence maintaining is impossible on Venus

Many scientists believe it would be possible to maintain a permanent human presence on Mars or the
Moon. On the other hand, conditions on Venus are so extreme and inhospitable that maintaining a
human presence there would be impossible.

The reading claims that sustaining a human presence on Venus is impossible. However, the professor
explains that though it would be challenging, it (sustaining human presence on Venus) is, in fact,
possible. He explains that building a station that floats off the surface of Venus would allow a human
presence.

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2nd paragraph: state author's first reason of support completely; explain how the professor opposes
it; then detail the argument that supports the professor's opposition - finish by 11 min 20 sec

Each paragraph must be logical, complete, and understandable from YOUR words as well as the
reading’s and lecture’s… regardless of how the information was presented, your writing must be clear.

Reading

First, atmospheric pressure at Venus’ surface is at least 90 times greater than the pressure at Earth’s
surface. This means that a force of 100 kilograms is pressing down on every square centimeter of
surface. All spacecraft that have landed on Venus have been crushed by this extreme pressure within an
hour of landing. Almost anything humans might land on Venus would be crushed as well.

Lecture

First, atmospheric pressure. Well, it is a well-known physical fact that high up in the atmosphere the
pressure is much lower than at the surface. So, while the pressure at Venus’ surface is too high for
humans, 50 kilometers up in the atmosphere the pressure is equal to the normal pressure we are used
to here on Earth. There would be no danger of the station getting crushed.

Question

Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how the proposal discussed in the
lecture would solve the specific challenges described in the reading passage.

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Our examples

• (First/Second/Third/Final...), the (article/reading/author…) supports the (idea/claim/theory...) by

explaining that...
• (However/In contrast/In response...), the professor (explains/tells us…) that… [repeat author as
appropriate]
• (In fact…) the professor (highlights/focuses on/details…)…
• (In this way/Consequently/As a result), the professor shows the
(weakness/inaccuracy/limitation…) of the author's (first/second/third/final…)
(point/reason/theory…) because… [repeat author as appropriate]

The reading states that the atmosphere's pressure on the Venus is at least 90 TIMES greater than the
pressure on the Earth's surface, which means that all the space CRAFTS would crash with in one hour.

In response, the the professor explains that this high pressure on the surface of the Venus may not be
too high, in fact, the professor highlights that the pressure on the distance about 50 kilometers above
the Venus's surface is equal to the pressure on the earth and this would not crash any space graft.

As a result, the professor shows the weakness of the author's first reason.

As a result, the professor shows the first challenge brought up by the author can be solved with this
space station.

-Nairy

First, the reading states that the pressure on Venus' surface is too high and it will crush every space craft
landed there after one hour. However, the professor explains that the pressure above Venus' surface is
much lower and at 50 km above the surface, it is equal to the normal pressure on the earth. Accordingly,
it will not be dangerous for humans on the space station.

-Mohamed

First, the article states that the pressure on Venus' surface is 90 times greater than the pressure on the
Earth. In fact, anything landed on Venus will be crushed because of the extreme pressure.

In response, the professor explains that as a known physical fact pressure decreases with more height
so, establishing a floating station 50km above the surface will solve the problem.

Consequently, the professor clearly explains that by setting up a station above the surface the pressure
problem on the Venus will be solved.

-Ladana

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First, the reading mentions that atmospheric pressure on Venus' surface is 90 times greater than Earths'
surface, so if anything lands on Venus it can be crushed. In contrast, the professor explains that 50 km
above in the atmosphere, the atmospheric pressure is similar to earth's pressure. As a result,
establishing a station on Venus's atmosphere is safe and there is no chance of getting crush by Venus
high atmospheric pressure.

-Pratixa

First, the article claims that the atmospheric pressure on Venus is 90 times greater than on Earth. The
article continues to explain that it is like a100 kilometer force that is why the spacecraft got crushed.
However, the professor states that with a 50 kilometer space station higher in space, this won't be an
issue. The reason is that the pressure in the space station would equal the pressure on Earth.
Consequently, the professor shows that a human presence on Venus is possible.

-Victoria

First, the reading supports the idea by explaining that anything would be crushed on Venus' surface
because the pressure there is 50 times greater than it is on earth. In response, the professor explains
that it is a well-known fact that the pressure at Venus' surface is much greater than Earth's surface and
too high to sustain human presence. In fact, the speaker highlights that the pressure at 50 kilometers
above Venus' surface is equal to the pressure on earth. Consequently, there is no danger of humans
being crushed…

-Joyce

The reading states that maintaining a human presence on Venus is impossible because the atmospheric
pressure there is 90 times greater than that on earth's surface. As a result, any human being that will
land on venus will be crushed. In response, the professor explains that the high atmospheric pressure is
a normal physical fact. However, this problem can be solved. The professor points out that using the
station 50 km high will make the pressure equal to the normal pressure on earth. As a result, the
problem of the high atmospheric pressure the reading explains will be overcome.

-Marwa

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Question 2:

Read a question that asks for your opinion

Write a 30-minute essay to answer that question

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Time Management for Question 2
Timing (30 minutes total)
1st: outline (brainstorm) your essay ---
2nd: write your introduction ---
3rd: write your 1st body paragraph ---
4th: write your 2nd body paragraph ---
5th: write your conclusion ---
6th: make any final adjustments ---
3 min - finish by 27 min (can be 2 to 5 minutes)
4 min - finish by 23 min (can 4 to 2 minutes)
9 min - finish by 14 min
9 min - finish by 5 min
3 min - finish by 2 min
2 min - finish by 0 min
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The Question: Our Turn as a Class

Some parents offer their school-age children money for each high grade (mark) they get in school. Do
you think this is a good idea?

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Read the question 3 to 5 times.

1st to connect.
2nd to form an opinion.
3rd to start to sense reasons or +/- consequences and examples or proof.

1st: outline your essay --- 3 min. - finish by 27 min (can be 2 to 5 minutes)

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2nd: write your introduction --- 4 min - finish by 23 min

Some parents offer their school-age children money for each high grade (mark) they get in school. Do
you think this is a good idea?

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Memorize the steps and study the example

Read the question again

1st: state that the topic is important
-One of the most important things parents can do for children is support their learning. Nothing
is more important than how a child learns.
-How a child learns is very important.
Read the question again
2nd: explain why it’s important
-The way a child learns will affect their future and also influences our entire society too.
-It influences their future greatly.
Read the question again
3rd: restate the question (rhetorical question)
Some parents offer their school-age children money for each high grade (mark) they get in school. Do
you think this is a good idea?
-So when considering whether parents should motivate their children to study by paying for
getting high grades…
Read the question again
4th: presents your answer (thesis, opinion, etc.)
-I would have to say this is a good idea. In fact, I would say this is a fantastic idea.

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3rd: write your 1st body paragraph --- 9 min - finish by 14 min

Some parents offer their school-age children money for each high grade (mark) they get in school. Do
you think this is a good idea?

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Memorize the steps and study the example

Read the question again

1st: state your reason simply in one or two sentences
-The first reason is that when parents offer their children money when they earn high grades,
children will develop an excellent opportunity to learn how to manage money.
Read the question again
2nd: explain how your reason supports your opinion generally
-When they get money like this, they will decide and learn on how to spend it on important
things. This skill will support children throughout their entire life.
Read the question again
3rd: offer specific support that proves what you just stated
-For example, my son illustrates this perfectly. He's 12 years old and before, whenever we would
go to the mall, he would pick any toy his eyes see because he thought I would buy it for him.
However, this year, I started to offer him money only when he earned high grades. I stopped
buying him little things like toys. As a result, he now thinks twice about what he buys because
it's his money. Now, he knows how to manage money well and I trust fully that he will continue
to think carefully with his money as he grows into an adult.
Read the question again
Persuade, persuade, persuade everyone
4th: write a concluding sentence (short or long) that restates how your paragraph supports your opinion
-That's why I believe offering children money for high grades is a fantastic idea. If all parents did
this, their children, just as with my child, would learn how to manage money, an essential skill
for their life.

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Our examples

Nothing could be more important than education in people’s lives. A good education is always a
fundamental pillar for a better career for the person and for his or her society in this advanced world. In
regards to the way that parents should follow to educate their kids, I believe that offering money for
those kids in each high mark they got by their parents a bad idea.

First, when parents give their kids money as a return for each high mark they get, they will indirectly
teach their kids irresponsibility. * This bad characteristic will be reflected later in their future. Those
parents think that they are motivating their kids, when they give them that money, to get the high
degrees in their schools. However, they do not know that they are raising them to be irresponsible and
careless. In my opinion, How to raise your child is more important than letting them get high degrees at
school. For instance, few months ago I saw a T.V. show with some people that are professional in raising
and developing kid’s personality. Those experts states that parents should always try to teach their kids
how to appreciate school and they should know that they are working hard for themselves and for their
future, not for money. Parents should not give children money or gifts in every simple task they should
do. If they do that, their kids will be careless and they will not have any responsibility in their life.
Therefore, when they grow up, they will not consider anything but money. * They may not be able to
progress in their life, study more, and even helping others. As a result, they may not be focus to have an
income and social life to support their family .That is because they were always waiting for money or
reward from their parents, which is not available when they become old. As you can see, offering school-
age children money to get high marks will harm them in their future because they will be irresponsible.

Marwa

How to teach children is always a hot topic in some countries such as China, where the entire society
pays full attention to the education of young generation. It is also very common in those places that
parents reward their children with cash for getting high grades in school. However, I am of the opinion
that it is, in fact, a terrible idea.

Firstly, rewarding children for every high score they get in school will build up a bad habit for them in
terms of how to earn money. When they obtain money like this, they will have an expression and habit
that they can ask for money for whatever labor or efforts they offer. For example, my 10-year-old niece
has been receiving money from my sister since she got into primary school four years ago. Apart from
studying, my niece did not need to do any thing in home. Once, because a busy schedule, my sister
asked her daughter to do a laundry of her own cloth. However, my niece refused and said unless my
sister gave her money, so her would do the laundry. In her mind, she had an expression, because of the
habit she built up from constantly receiving money for her own study, that she could ask for money for
whatever labor she provided, even for washing her own cloth. That is why I believe that offering children
money for high grades is terrible idea.

Joyce

In my view, all parents should teach their children that they should use money wisely in their life. The
reason is that if you use money wisely you can get good result and if you misuse then get bad result.
Some parents offer money to their children when they get good grades in school. I believe It's bad idea
and parents should not do it because if child do not know where to use those money, he can ruin his life.

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The first reason is that when parents offer their children money for high grades they get in school, It can
create negative impact on children health. This easy access of money in a small age can develop lot of
bad habits in child. Like, when they have money they can buy fast food, candy and soft drinks easily.
They have money so children do not ask their parents before buying all these junk food. I remember,
one of my cousin when he was ten years old since than He used to get money from his parents
whenever he get good grades. whenever he gets money he use to go out with his friends and eat fast
food only. This process continue for many years and as a result, at age of 25 he has diabetes, high blood
pressure and a lot of health issue. That's one of the reason I believe offering children money when they
get good grades is bad idea. If all parents will give money to their children, there will be a lot of kids will
suffer with health problem same like my cousin. That's why parents should not offer money to their
children.

Pratixa

Parents play an important role to build their children characteristic and the way that they think. How
parents upbring their children has a solid effect on children's future as well as a whole society. A
question which is raised here is whether parents should offer their school-age children money for each
high-grade or not. As far as I am concerned, it is a bad idea and will develop bad habits in children.

The first exquisite point to be mentioned is that when parents give money to their children for each high
grade, they teach their children that making money and getting high-grade is more important than how
much they learned or how hard they tried. For children, it is a really bad habit to develop and to only
value their work when they earn money. For example, I have a friend who growing up his parents gave
him money for each high grade. Consequently, he thinks his work is valuable just when he makes money.
When he wanted to go to university, he chose civil engineering major because according to his research
civil engineers earn high salary, but soon he realized that he is not talented or even interested to the
job. As a result, he always feel frustrated and unsatisfied in his career.

Ladana

Education in childhood is very important. It is the base of all of the future education for them. We have
to be careful of anything that can affect education in this critical period. Many people believe that
money offered by parents to their children who got high grades in school is a good idea. However, I think
it is a bad idea for two reasons.

First, the main reason is exams are stressful to everyone and by offering money we may add more stress
on the children who are going to take the exams. This pressure can affect not only the education of the
child but also the his/her personality for example, a friend of mine had this experience. His father was
offering him money if he got high scores, when we were in the primary school. I have noticed that
before our exams he used to cry. Year after year he became no longer in top students. Despite he was
inteligent, but because of the stress he has always panic in the exams. After we graduated he developed
a sense of anxiety of his personality. Consequently I do not prefer to offer money for my children for
getten high marks in the school.

Mohamed

Nowadays, the way to raise children has a significant impact on our kids’s well-being. In fact, it enhances
their progress and prosperity in immeasurable ways. However, some people think that parents should

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encourage their school- age kids by offering them money for each high grade; I am sure others would
disagree. In my view, parents should not give money to their young children for high grades for these
following reasons.

To begin with, when parents give money to their little children, this might have an immensely vulnerable
influence on children’s health. In fact, young kids are still immature enough to think of what is good or
bad thing to do in their lives. Consequently, this would be extremely harmful to their psychological
behaviors. My friend, Mary’s son is a good example for this. Every time when friend’s son got a high
grade in his school quizzes or exams, Mary and her husband offered him 5 dollars. In turn, by financially
rewarding to this little boy had a huge negatively impact because he started to use this money to buy
many violent video games which led to suffer from many chronic mental diseases. As you can see, if my
friend and all other parents be cautious from giving money to their little ones, this would have not been
a huge mentally problems to the young children.

Nairy

One of the most important and hard things in our lives as parents is how to raise our children. It is very
important to teach them great values that would help not only them but it also would help to build up a
great society. Some parents would see offering their kids money for every time they get higher grades is
a good idea. However, I disagree. I think it is a very bad idea for two reasons.

First, it is very challenging because kids are different. As a result when parents offer their kid money for
each higher grade they get at the school, children will get a green light not to do anything unless you
give them money without thinking of the consequences. This will lead the kids to be selfish and they
might act in a non caring manner. For example, my son used to help me around the house, carrying
shopping stuff, organizing his room and making his bed. two years ago I want to organize the snack part
in the pantry, I asked him to help me but he said I am tired so I decided to engourage him, I offered him
ten dollars if he can do i.t obviously, he moved and finished that mission very good. Next day, I asked
him to organize his room which he used to do it every week. He said No I'm not doing it unless you pay
money!!!! I was shocked because this is my first time to hear that from my son. I explained to him that
money is not the most important thing in life but helping people worth a lot more. That is why Ifeel like
it is a bad idea if parents would reward their kids with money because that would create a non caring
generations.

Victoria

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4th: write your 1st body paragraph --- 9 min - finish by 5 min

Some parents offer their school-age children money for each high grade (mark) they get in school. Do
you think this is a good idea?

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Memorize the steps and study the example

Read the question again

1st: state your reason simply in one or two sentences
Read the question again
2nd: explain how your reason supports your opinion generally
Read the question again
3rd: offer specific support that proves what you just stated
Read the question again
4th: write a short concluding sentence that restates how your paragraph supports your opinion

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5th: write your conclusion --- 3 min - finish by 2 min

Some parents offer their school-age children money for each high grade (mark) they get in school. Do
you think this is a good idea?

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Memorize the steps and study the example

Read the question again

1st: restate your answer
Read the question again
2nd: restate your reasons
Read the question again
3rd: provide a final suggestion

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6th: make any final adjustments --- 2 min -finish by 0 min

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GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION AT FULL SKILL

ESL Power Lessons for grammatical mastery for your writing dream score.

1-How Our 8 Parts of Speech Work To Communicate

1-Nouns, Periods, And Commas
2-Verbs: Transitive, Two-object Transitive, & Intransitive
3a-Verb Tenses
3b-Action vs. Non-action Verbs
3b-Questions & Negatives: Helping Verbs
4-Count Nouns
5-Matching Subjects and Verbs
6-Independent Clauses and punctuation marks
7-Comparing Independent and Dependent Clauses and comma usage
8-Pronouns
9-Possessive
10-Adjectives
11-Adverbs
12-Prepositions and prepositional phrases
13-Gerunds, Infinitives, Noun clauses
14-Linking and Auxiliary Verbs
15-Comparatives and Superlatives
16-Comparatives and Superlatives
17-Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns
18-Correlating Conjunctions
19-Past Participles and Active and Passive voice
20-Subjunctive Verbs
21-Adverb Clauses and Adverb Phrases and comma usage
22-Adjective Clauses, Phrases, Participles, Infinitives, and comma usage
23-Indefinite, Demonstrative, Interrogative Pronouns
24-Colons, Dashes, and more such punctuation

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Ideal Process to Sharpen Your Writing

1. First, look at our example essay for question 1 or 2

2. Read the first sentence carefully out loud to yourself.
3. Then, write out exactly what you read. Write out the sentence exactly as you remember it. Do this
only from memory. Do not look at the sentence again as you do this.
4. Once you finish the sentence, compare it with the original example essay.

What changes did you make? Did we drop a punctuation mark? Did we have awkward spacing between
words? Did we forget an article (a, an, the)? Did we misspell any words?

This is a fantastic exercise because it not only shows you instantly what your common mistakes are so
that you can focus on them but also teaches you by showing you a perfect example of what you're trying
to create.

1. After you've noted and understood your mistakes, cross out the old sentence that you wrote and
read the same sentence in the example essay again.
2. Then, again, write the sentence from memory. Is it perfect? Keep doing this until it is perfect. This
may take some time and a lot of patience as you develop your skills with this exercise, but it will
have an unimaginable impact on your writing and your score.

In addition, as you go through every sentence of the essay like this, review the development of the essay
to better master the presentation of ideas and our successful strategy.

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Example Opinion Writing in The Washington Post

Google: "news opinion pieces"

We should increase the minimum wage. Just not to $15 everywhere.

To raise the federal minimum from $7.25 an hour, where it has been for the past 10 years, to $15 an
hour over five years, as the Democratic bill would do, would bring a pay increase to 17 million workers
whose wages would otherwise be lower than $15 per hour, as well as an additional 10 million low- and
moderate-wage workers who would indirectly benefit. Family income for workers below the poverty line
would grow by $8 billion, helping to reduce the number of people in poverty by 1.3 million. However,
some 1.3 million low-wage workers who might otherwise have gotten jobs paying less than $15 per hour
would go without employment — and the job-loss figure could go as high as 3.7 million in a worst-case
scenario.

Neither the benefits the CBO identifies, nor the risks, seem terribly dramatic in the context of the $21
trillion U.S. economy, with its 160 million-member labor force and median hourly wage of $18.58 in
2018. What the CBO’s report does, or should, remind lawmakers is that there is a trade-off in raising the
minimum wage so substantially — and that, while the upside would accrue to society’s most vulnerable,
so would the downside. Those who would lose out, in the form of no job at all, would wind up not with
less pay but with no pay.

That fact alone argues for proceeding with caution. So, too, does the fact that most of the
U.S. workforce already lives in a jurisdiction that has raised the minimum wage above the federal level,
with the highest new minimums scheduled for states such as California and New York where wages and
living costs are relatively high to begin with. If research from University of Massachusetts at Amherst
economist Arindrajit Dube is correct, and the optimal minimum wage is 50 to 60 percent of a given
regional labor market’s median hourly wage, then employment in Louisiana, where the median wage
was $16.05 an hour in 2018, could be badly hurt by an increase to $15 between now and 2025. Puerto
Rico, where a $15 minimum wage, if applied, would equal 150 percent of the current median wage,
according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, could be devastated.

The federal minimum wage is, indeed, overdue for an update, having lost about 18 percent of its real
value since its last increase in 2009. The smart way to do that, however, is by pegging it to local
conditions and then having it automatically grow with inflation going forward — no politics needed. The
Third Way think tank has a plan that would set the national minimum wage at “one-half of the hourly
wage for nonsupervisory workers” — that figure in 2019 would be $11.72 — and then allow local levels
to vary above or below that depending on living costs. The Republican-controlled Senate probably will
not act on the House measure. Another advantage of the Third Way proposal, therefore, is to show
there is an alternative to that do-nothing approach, too.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-should-increase-the-minimum-wage-just-not-to-15-
everywhere/2019/07/16/83953e94-a344-11e9-b8c8-75dae2607e60_story.html

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Major Insight Writing Question 1&2 Oct 7th
1) Focus most on writing clearly and simply AND trust your memory.
2) Focus on the main idea instead of the details.
3) Comprehend and then write from my comprehension.
4) Brief notes to remember and write from my understanding.
5) Understand first and take notes second.
6) Apply the structure and format appropriately for each question.
7) Listen with the understanding of "wrong" and "it's true, but."

Major Goal for Oct 9th

(1: wpm 2: write body paragraph 3 times 3: major goal for today with q2)
1) P: 27; yes; confusion as I try to ensure connection in my essay
2) N: 25; yes; how to develop ideas and examples for weird topics
3) J: 35; yes; how to have a logical reason and examples that are on track
4) M: 30; no; feel strong with connection and word count
5) V: 25; yes; allowing myself and developing the ability to expand
6) L: 25; yes; develop my examples with balance and intro paragraph help
7) Marwa: 29; so so; master time management better

Major Insight Writing Question 1&2 Oct 9th

1) P: yes; follow 4-step process and let go of ideas
2) N: yes; keep it simple and connected with my opinion to be more convincing
3) J: yes; pay attention to connection and ideas will naturally be on track
4) M: yes; follow the strategy for greater connection and word count
5) V: yes; remember to persuade everyone about my opinion
6) L: yes; don't make it more complicated than it is
7) M: kind of; avoid thinking a lot in the intro; just let it flow with connected repetition

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Major Goal for Oct 10th
(1: do the homework? 3: still major goal for today with q2?)
1) P: 50%; confusion as I try to ensure connection in my essay
2) N: yes; how to develop ideas and examples takes extra time
3) J: yes; how to have a logical reason and examples that are on track fast
4) M: yes; 2nd and 3rd step of writing the body paragraph
5) V: yes; unsure about how to self-evaluate
6) L: yes; time management trouble from self-evaluating a lot: trust or change
7) Marwa: yes; how to be connected with balance for time management

Major Insight for Oct 10th

1) P: Write with trust in what I produce to keep typing forward
2) N: Always connect with the question when I write
3) J: Always think of connection while writing
4) M: I CAN DO IT!
5) V: Follow the steps with practice for my dream score
6) L: Just explain my point as clearly as I can while trusting my logic
7) Marwa: Keep my writing quick, clear, connected, and to the point

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