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The following appeared in a letter to
the editor of Parson City's local
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Issue 19 9 "In our region of Trillura, the

majority of money spent on the schools
that most students attend— the city-run
public schools—comes from
Argumentative 24 1 taxes that each city government collects. The
region's cities differ,
however, in the budgetary priority they give to public
education. For
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example, both as a proportion of its overall tax revenues
and in
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absolute terms, Parson City has recently spent almost twice as
much
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per year as Blue City has for its public schools—even though both
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cities have about the same number of residents. Clearly, Parson City
residents place a higher value on providing a good education in public
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schools than Blue City residents do."

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Write a response in which you discuss
what specific evidence is
needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the
evidence would
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weaken or strengthen the argument.

Issue 15 4 The letter to the

editor of Parson City’s local newspaper remarks on the
difference in value of
education imparted in two cites based on the
GRE Must Have … 2 budgetary difference alone. The
argument is thus not convincing enough
as it makes improper assumptions and
lacks a clearer insight on the
practicality of allocation of funds.
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Difference in budgetary
priority of the two cities does not necessarily
argue for a better education
imparted in schools of one city to the other.
Argumentative 20 1 Blue City, which may be efficient
in other sectors like entertainment or
industries and jobs, may assign a higher
budgetary proportion to these
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realms rather than education. A difference in the
workforce of the two
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cities may also account for difference in money spent on
education – if
Blue is primarily an agricultural based city, the Government
will
Issue 13 1 undoubtedly assign more funds towards agricultural practises. Thus, for
the argument to be cogent, a geographic, climatic and demographic study
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two cities are required to understand the proper allocation of the
budgetary
funds.
The argument wrongly
assumes the cost incurred for education per
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person. Say, there are 100
residents in each city, and Parson spends 2
million dollars for education
compared to 1 million by Blue. Apparently,
Issue 12 11 it may seem that Parson City spends
twice the money per person than
Blue City. However, the argument does not throw
light on the student
Argument 17 3 population, nor tells us about the number of schools in the
cities. There
are possibilities that Blue may have lesser number of student
population,
or the existence of a proportionate number of private schools in
Blue.
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Differences in the economies of the two cities may also account for
Parson spending more tax revenues in education: cost of education and
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spending behind education.
The letter also assumes
that Parson’s spending of twice the amount of tax
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revenues on education is an
evidence of the higher priority it bases on
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However,
allocating more money does not
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necessarily reflect higher standards of
education. For the letter to hold
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ground, a sound analysis of the teaching methodology
practised in both
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Argumentative 26 3 the cities should be undertaken. The argument must present
the reports of
a survey concerning the quality of teaching imparted, the
academic
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performance of students, use of modern technology in imparting
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education and the total literacy rates. Opinions should be sought from
Issue 9 1 parents
concerning the efficiency of the schools and respective students.
Issue 19 9 A complete
survey of the two cities thus becomes mandatory before
placing proposals to
change the budgetary structure.
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For the letter to be reliable
enough, it should be undergirded by the study
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practicalities associated with the allocation of tax
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revenues. A deeper insight
and a proper evaluation is necessary before the
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letter arrives at its present
conclusion.
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