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- Thu Aug 15, 2024 10:27 pm
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I'm currently prepping for the argumentative writing portion and I'm not sure how bullet-proof the arguments supporting my thesis need to be? I understand it's not scored, but obviously it's evaluated by someone at some point. Specifically, if you can poke a hole in one of my arguments, how bad is that? I'm not looking to make weak arguments, but after reviewing some of my practice questions following timed writing, I realized "oh, that point can be rebutted by xyz".
example: In the practice question about parents having a role in deciding school curriculum, I took the position that parents should have no role in deciding what should be taught in schools. One of my arguments was "If there had to be a consensus among parents to set a curriculum, consensus would almost guaranteed to be impossible due to conflicting and diverse viewpoints and values"
After I was done writing, I thought it's a poor argument because it assumes too much. It assumes that having a role is synonymous with having complete control over it.
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example: In the practice question about parents having a role in deciding school curriculum, I took the position that parents should have no role in deciding what should be taught in schools. One of my arguments was "If there had to be a consensus among parents to set a curriculum, consensus would almost guaranteed to be impossible due to conflicting and diverse viewpoints and values"
After I was done writing, I thought it's a poor argument because it assumes too much. It assumes that having a role is synonymous with having complete control over it.
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