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Samples Set 3 (Analysis of an Issue)

In most professions and academic fields, imagination is more important than knowledge.

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Educational institutions should actively encourage their students to choose fields of study that will prepare them for lucrative careers.

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There is little justification for society to make extraordinary efforts-especially at a great cost in money and jobs-to save endangered animal or plant species.

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College students should base their choice of a field of study on the availability of jobs in that field.

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All college and university students would benefit from spending at least one semester studying in a foreign country.

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Educational institutions have a responsibility to dissuade students from pursuing fields of study in which they are unlikely to succeed.

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Some people believe that universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study. Others believe that universities should not force students to take any courses other than those that will help prepare them for jobs in their chosen fields.

Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.


Society should identify those children who have special talents and provide training for them at an early age to develop their talents.

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A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.

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Claim: Major policy decisions should always be left to politicians and other government experts.
Reason: Politicians and other government experts are more informed and thus have better judgment and perspective than do members of the general public.

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Competition for high grades seriously limits the quality of learning at all levels of education.

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As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.

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Teachers' salaries should be based on their students' academic performance.

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Some people claim that you can tell whether a nation is great by looking at the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists. Others argue that the surest indicator of a great nation is, in fact, the general welfare of all its people.

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Some people believe that our ever-increasing use of technology significantly reduces our opportunities for human interaction. Other people believe that technology provides us with new and better ways to communicate and connect with one another.

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The primary goal of technological advancement should be to increase people's efficiency so that they have more leisure time.

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The human mind will always be superior to machines because machines are only tools of human minds.

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Some people claim that a nation's government should preserve its wilderness areas in their natural state. Others argue that these areas should be developed for potential economic gain.

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To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities.

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Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study.

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To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards.

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Claim: Any piece of information referred to as a fact should be mistrusted, since it may well be proven false in the future.
Reason: Much of the information that people assume is factual actually turns out to be inaccurate.

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Some people believe that college students should consider only their own talents and interests when choosing a field of study. Others believe that college students should base their choice of a field of study on the availability of jobs in that field.

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As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more complex and mysterious.

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Critical judgment of work in any given field has little value unless it comes from someone who is an expert in that field.

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