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A recent sales study indicates that consumption of seafood dishes in Bay City restaurants has increased by 30 percent during the past five years. Yet there are no currently operating city restaurants whose specialty is seafood. Moreover, the majority of families in Bay City are two-income families, and a nationwide study has shown that such families eat significantly fewer home-cooked meals than they did a decade ago but at the same time express more concern about healthful eating. Therefore, the new Captain Seafood restaurant that specializes in seafood should be quite popular and profitable. Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument. Words Limit 450-600 words Introduction: The following argument is flawed for numerous reasons. Primarliy, the argument is based on a sales study, that the consumption of sea food in bay city has increased rendering the main Point, which is the authenticity of this sales study, and they have not Provided any evidence to support the authenticity of the sales study. Body: Fallacy 1: The argument fails to provide any evidence about the authenticity of the sales study. For one, they haven’t provided any criteria on how they had choosed residents, they might be talking to minority of people who like sea food. This lack of evidence could question the legitimacy of this case study. Moreover, the reason for there is no sea food restaurants are in Bay city area is because majority of the people in Bay city might don’t like sea food. Strengthening the argument: Had the argument provided any information regarding the criteria how they have choosed residents, Even then, the argument would have to further prove that, the majority of people in Bay city like Sea food. Fallacy 2: Moreover, the majority of families in Bay City are two-income families, and a nationwide study has shown that such families eat significantly fewer home-cooked meals than they did a decade ago but at the same time express more concern about healthful eating. This argument also leaves many unanswered questions. Even if the Two income families nationwide significantly eat at fewer house meals, doesn’t necessarily mean that the bay city will also not like Home meals. Nonetheless, they are also assuming that the two income families will also likely to eat seafood, when they will go to restaurants. Fallacy 3: Therefore, the new Captain Seafood restaurant that specializes in seafood should be quite popular and profitable. Finally, the argument claims without warrant that what held 5 years ago will hold true today for Captain Food restaurant. Even if we assume that Two income families would likely to eat outside, the argument is still lacking because it does not provide information to show that the general economic climate will not change. Due to rising inflation they might would not be able to afford Seafood Conclusion: Because the argument makes several unwarranted assumptions, it fails to make a convincing case that People of bay city would likely to buy Seafood from Captain restaurant.

Prompt: Society should identify those children who have special talents and provide training for them at an early age to develop their talents. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position. Essay: Introduction Providing health, safety, education, and opportunity to show your full potential to everyone in society is the Government's job. It is also the Government's responsibility to identify special children so that later on, they will use these talents to help our society to get ahead of our rival countries. Body Paragraph In the rapidly changing and competitive world, we must have the best people for the relevant job. We can go ahead if we find people with unique talents, nurture them according to their talents, and hire them for jobs that best suit their talent so they can later help society by keeping their country ahead of their rival countries. America is doing it very well. They have their dogs worldwide to sniff those talents and get them to live in their country. For this purpose, they have created Harvard, Stanford, and MIT, in which more than 70% of people are non-Americans. Similarly, After the war of independence of 1857, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan realized that the Muslims needed Leaders with special talents, so they built Aligarh university, which later gave Muslims Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Counterexample There is a concern also that it would have an economic burden on Government's Financial budget, and it could be used for infrastructure or the health of ordinary kids. Well, in the beginning stages, You can say for a little while, but studies have proved that 90% of kids who have been trained give 100 times more than you have invested. Conclusion Instead of letting other countries snatch them and use them against us, we must identify them and help them nurture them so they can do something for the betterment of their country.

[TABLE] [TR] [TD]This is the issue prompt. Although sound moral judgment is an important characteristic of an effective leader, it is not as important as a leader’s ability to maintain the respect of his or her peers. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position. Here goes my response A leader who is well respected amongst his peers is a motivated and happy person thus proving very effective in motivating his subordinates/peers as well. But, if garnering respect comes at the cost of him having to choose between being moral or not, the person is better off being morally sound. A leader who is not morally sound is inefficient in his task as a leader and this fact will always fill them with guilt. People will look down upon them. A leader's ego is most satisfied when he garners respect from his/her peers, but if it were to be compared to the moral judgement of a person, moral judgement according to me always comes out on top. When a leader is morally sound, he exudes a positive vibe that is infectious to his/her followers, thus creating a culture of morality amongst his followers in their judgements. Another compelling argument to support my position would be that when a morally sound person make important decisions he considers the interests of all the stakeholders without being selfish or biased. This, in turn promotes a culture where no one's interests is neglected. A decision taken with a moral outlook, might even do as to harm a leader's standing amongst his peers, when they see him neglecting a popular decision in favor of a decision which is morally sound.At this point, the individuals approach should be towards being moral rather than impressing his peers. But if we consider the other side of the argument, a leader who garners less respect from his peers,is mostly unhappy, there is lack of motivation in his/her worklife thus impacting the overall well being of the person and his family, hence being immoral to himself and his family. But, all facts considered a person is better off being occasionally unhappy from loosing respect amongst his peers because he took an unpopular decision, rather than go for a popular decision which is morally wrong.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position. A reveal of something that is considered unpleasant or inappropriate by the public is called a scandal. Scandals are most of the time are not useful for the society since they might cause lack of trust in government and do not generally lead to successful reforms. When we talk about scandals, often times we relate it to politics. In terms of politics, scandals are not useful for the society because they might lead to loss of trust in government and political process. For example, a member of the parliament might very well vote on a policy issue based on his/her economic concerns and bargain with corporate institutions. A news report that reveals this scandal, however, might result in voters generalizing all other members and losing trust in politics. The loss of trust in politics is a great danger for democracies because when people think that they do not have the power to direct politics, they might refuse to vote and this would ultimately lead to the collapse of democracy. Just as scandals are a threat for democracy and trust in political systems, they also do not open new ways for reforms rather they make these scandalous acts mundane. A good example of that is the political crisis that is currently going on in Uganda. A unanimous Twitter account has released the documents that prove the corruption in government. The government did not punish those who committed these acts and now the public sees this massive scandal as an intrinsic part of a government. Although these two convincing facts tell us that scandals are not useful tools that can achieve big things for society, scandals sometimes can increase the awareness of society. The Snowden case is a perfect example for this. Edward Snowden who worked for CIA previously has released documents showing the daily intervention of government in our private lives. Although it was criticized by some, it has helped citizens to know their rights and how the government exercises its power. A scandal should not be considered useful because it leads to loss of trust in political process and does not bring new reforms or good outcomes. One might argue that a scandal increases our awareness but what they take from us is bigger than what they give.

As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more complex and mysterious. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position. ESSAY : Knowledge is power. As human beings-the only creatures on earth gifted with inquisition, it is our responsibility to utilize this gift to the fullest to acquire knowledge. The function of knowledge is both to understand things and improve things as they are today, and the process of acquiring it happens as we ask a lot of questions and search for answers. As children, we are all taught a set of rules and code of conduct by adults in our surroundings. We are naive observers of the universe around us and naturally inclined to ask questions when something fails our assumed reasoning or sparks our curiosity. Bill Waterson, the cartoonist responsible for Calvin and Hobbes often illustrated the inquisitive phenomenon of Calvin- A 6 year old who keeps asking his dad questions of various kinds--sometimes philosophical, sometimes scientific and some just related to the current state of the world under his observance. For examples “Why is he not allowed to drive a car?”. While he understands the answers which maybe factually inaccurate, He is never satisfied with them and is always introspecting, reading or probing for more information. Which illustrates that, our thirst for knowledge is unquenchable. Which illustrates that even when we do have answers, there is some unknown that allures us. Also, knowledge, in its broadest sense is infinite. There is no finite amount of knowledge which when learned and understood satisfies our curiosity. Knowledge is also, not merely a consumption tool, we create with knowledge. Ever since the dawn of time and early evolution, mankind sought to improve their quality of life and progress forward. We invented fire by rubbing flints together, made tools, invented cooking meat instead of raw consumption, the wheel instead of walking on foot and as of today, we are coming up with cars that drive themselves. This constant invention wouldn’t have been possible without some complexity and mystery that allures man to seek more. Sir Isaac Newton is another classic example that acquiring knowledge is a constant process, while he was intrigued by the apple falling down from the tree and invented gravity. He wasn’t satisfied with it as an end all be all for all natural phenomenon. He seeked to understand gravity with reference to other objects in the solar system, he invented his famous laws of motion and his scientific achievements led to various other inventions today which could only have been possible while trying to question and extend his line of work. Thus, seeking knowledge happens with the realization that there is more to learn and there is more than the known that requires our understanding. Great philosophers too, are a prime example of how knowledge becomes more mysterious and susceptible to questioning, inquisition and understanding, Acquiring knowledge is a constant process that humans undergo for self-improvement and improvement of the society. While there is something that defies our understanding or intuitive knowledge, we seek it--gather as many resources as possible to understand it, at which point it is our choice to probe further and find answers to other questions or be satisfied with our current understanding of the world.

Claim: Even though young people often receive the advice to “follow your dreams,” more emphasis should be placed on picking worthy goals. Reason: Many people’s dreams are inherently selfish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The statement claims that young people should focus on the worthy goals rather than following their dreams and reasons that dreams are inherently selfish. I strongly disagree with this statement as this statement is not general and assumes an extreme reasoning while giving suggestions for the young people. Dreams are natural, however, science believes that dreams are no different than our own thoughts. More specifically, dreams convert our thought process to some visionary non-existent world. Although dreams are non-existent, it exists in reality in different forms or we make dreams into reality as it is purely related to our heart. The author of the statement makes an extreme assumption while giving advice to the young people. If we summarize author's point, we can paraphrase it like that dreams are inherently selfish, and young people should focus on the worthy goals rather than following their own dreams. However, this assumption is not valid always, and often the opposite is true. The young people are more talented and creative that people from other age groups. It is evident that in the world whatever change we have, the young people have contributed a lot on this. Starting from achieving freedom to a nation, fighting for the justice, railing against crime, modernizing the world and also contributing everyday from their staunch to development of the human life. If we centralize their efforts to a single factor that would be none other than their dreams. It is because of their dream that they could see the world from a different point of view, changing the world by their fledgling but innovative effort. Although it is possible that some people's dream are selfish that could bring disorder in the society and also can ruin the young people's life, however, on a broader sense we cannot make judgement like that. To substantiate the last point, let us consider an example. A college student want to help other people and want to spread his helping hand by becoming a doctor. However, his parents believe that although medical profession is a noble profession, today's doctor are only making money by prescribing the patients with number of medicines and recommending innumerable unnecessary tests. So, they are forcing their child not to become a doctor, rather become an engineer, make safer money-although not very much-but lead a peaceful life. However, his parents should be friendly enough to talk with him in this regard, as he is dreaming to become a doctor by not being selfish, but rather being a magnanimous one. Also, it is evident that the people do whatever his heart says, do justice to their tasks and become successful in most cases. Again, think of a child who wants to be a politician and want to uproot all the filthy elements from the society to make this world a better place. Although we have a prior believe that politics is the worst profession is the world, where selflessness are way too unlikely. But we cannot disrespect a young kid's desire to be a good politician. In the world the best examples of politicians we have, they were not destined and fell into the prey of politics world, rather they believed in themselves and wanted to be a politician from the their young age. In addition to the point that dreams are not selfish that often lead the young people to their ultimate goal, sometimes other side story is also true. As young people are not matured enough to make the right choice, their parents, teachers, or seniors might help in this case. And, selfishness not always mean to acrimonious or harmful for the society, also it could mean that whatever the young people are believing through their dream are idiosyncratic and often lead to no good to society as a whole. In these situations, they should be provided with proper counselling and help them to make the right choice. In summary, I believe that young people should follow their heart to make the right choice.

Hi, I am a new member, making my first post. I would be delighted if some of the people here would help me out with my essay I have written on the analyzing an issue. Please tell me how much it would get out of 6 and any tips to make it better. Thanks in advance! Question: "A nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum till they enter college." Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position. Essay: One of the most important concerns of a nation is the education of its children. Many countries follow different policies in this regard, and they all have their pros and cons. The suggested proposal in the question is certainly an interesting one, because it is effecient and promotes equality but also overlooks some pitfalls, and hence may not fulfill its intended purpose. This policy will bring down the cost of education, because the scale of production of books etc.will increase. The nation can also boast of the uniformity of the standard of education that it has. By implementing this program, the nation can claim that a child in any nook and cranny of the country is learning the same things as the rest of the country. However, this proposal has some holes.Firstly, it is not the curriculum but how it is taught that determines how well a child learns a topic. Two children having the same textbook but different teachers can have a world of difference in their level of understanding. Secondly, the proposal fails to account for the regional aspects of the nation in the education of children. A great example of this is languages. It is certainly necessary to learn the national language, but the children should also be able to learn the laguage in the particular part of the nation that he/she resides in. Knowledge of this is going to be of greater practical value to the student. Thirdly, it is important to let children experiment and try out different things while in their youth so as to be able to find out their strangths and weaknesses. A student who wants to pursue History, for example, can only do as much as his curiculum allows him to. Thus,it is important to make sure that students are not churned out of schoold like robots out of facrories, but carefully nurture their individuality as well, which can be done by providing additional courses as extra options.

[TABLE] [TR] [TD=class: copy]"The desire of corporations to maximize profits creates conflict with the general welfare of the nation at large. " ----------------------[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Some people arguethat the desire of corporations to maximize profits creates conflict with thegeneral welfare of the nation at large. Although some might say that those twoare somehow irrelevant, it is undeniable that seeking for personal gain will oftenundermines the benefit of the general public because there are limitedresources in our society. For this reason, I shall conclude that by maximizingone's own benefit, he/she will to some degree impede the development of thepublic thus will make the public suffer. During these days,we often see large firms and companies dominates the stock markets andheadlines. Although there is nothing inherently wrong with seeking to maximizeprofits, it is true that by deploying more public resources, the large firmsare manipulating resources that could be used by the general public for theirown advantage. It is very common these days for successful people to continuedoing better while those who aren't doing so well suffer at the bottom withouta single hope of upward social mobility. This "winner takes all"phenomenon is a cruel but true depiction of our society these days. Theshocking fact that the top 5% of people in the world own 98% of the totalwealth of the world is a direct result of this phenomenon. Since the availableresources in the world are limited, having a small amount of people occupyinglarge amount of resources in order to maximize their profits will for sure makethe general public worse off. On the other hand,university students tend to aim at working in big firms or popular field ofwork after graduation instead of aiming to make the world a better place.Seeing fields such as finance and accounting gradually gaining popularity amonguniversity students in terms of choice of major, we can see an increasingdemand for working in the commerce realm. Although it could be a result of moreand more people interested in this field, it is more likely for this phenomenonto be attribute to people's desire of earning more money and power considerfinance firms tend to generate the most wealth thus prestige compare to otherfield of studies. By having more and more university student clustering in thisparticular field that directly serves their personal gain, areas such as socialwork and nursing will surely be seeing diminished popularity. However, theseare the fields that can directly intervene with people who actually need help.Therefore by concentrating all their efforts into one field that greatly servesthe students' personal gain, field that serves to benefit the general publicwill soon be neglected. However, this trendof people and corporations seek to maximize their own profit does not alwayshave to thrive on the expense of other field. Since we are living in an erawhere market economy is the driving force of the economy of the entire world,seeking for personal profit can also generate profit for the bigger group. Forexample, by spending lots of money, we are directly contributing to the GDP ofour country thus benefit our country as a whole in the long run. In conclusion, thedesire of corporation of people to maximize profits will surely be at odd withthe concept of general welfare since by having one person taking up the limitedresources will decrease the available resources for the others. However, we shouldstill look at this problem taking into account the long run result, as allowingone individual to succeed can often lead to overall good in the long run. ----------------- I got 4 for my previous exam. Please tell me what grade do you think i could potentially receive and hopefully some feedbacks too. Thanks!

TOPIC-A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college. Education is of utmost importance for any individual. In lieu of this, every nation should have a sound educational structure in place. A structure which takes into account the different characteristics of students. In general, no two students have the same learning capability or grasping power. Every student is unique in his own right. Hence, I disagree with the recommendation which requires all students to study under the same curriculum. Firstly, if the same curriculum has to be followed in every school, a common curriculum has to be developed which is neither too easy nor too difficult for students. Having an average level curriculum in place is detrimental to students who are at either extremes-the ones who are smarter and sharper than the average student will not be able to utilize their minds to the highest potential and the ones who are weaker than other students in academics will inevitably struggle to keep up with the rest of the class. Secondly, a common curriculum in place would mean that each student studies the same subjects. In this case, a country with a large diversity of culture and language, would stand to lose its diversity of language and culture, for all students would now study and learn the same subject, making the nation devoid of any cultural diversity among students. A country like India would suffer considerably, because it is known for its diverse culture and language among different states. Also, a standardized curriculum would mean that every school in every city will need to have the same infrastructure for such a proposal to be successful. However, in most developing countries there exists a huge gap among cities, in terms of the infrastructure, or the quality of teachers available. For instance, cities like New Delhi and Noida are close in terms of distance, but miles apart metaphorically. Further, there exists the problem of shelling out the same amount of fee for the curriculum. As the cities have significant differences in per capita incomes, it will be difficult for students of all cities to shell out the same amount of money as fees. Although there are a few benefits of implementing such an idea, such as same level for all students, no discrimination between students, and equal opportunities for all, I personally believe that such a model will find little success in most countries and hence it should not be implemented..

Essay topic: Claim: The emergence of the online "blogosphere" has significantly weakened the quality of political discourse in the United States. Reason: When anyone can publish political opinions easily, standards for covering news and political topics will inevitably decline. Write a response in which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based. Answer: The social blogs in which an individual can share his/her opinion on any topic has definitely proved helpful to the users in more than any case. This has in no-way affected the political discourse, be it United States or any part of the world. And the reason that 'since everyone is allowed to post their opinions, it results in plummeting of standards with regards to political news coverage' is very loosely based. It is essential to note that United States is a democratic country and every citizen has freedom of speech. That means to say that people can comment on the issues at their home sitting in their couch or raise their voice on a national television in the form of debate or even write their thoughts in a blog. But the argument that this weakens the standards for news covering is illogical. Let us consider an example of print media which is existing since ages. The content printed in it is also an opinion of some individual. Now, a country does not have a restriction on the number of different newspapers in circulation, nor it has mandated that only few selected people can publish news. Does that mean that having more number of newspapers brings down the standard of content? Or having opinions written from random individual brings down the quality of the content? Contrastingly, this has led to a healthy competition and made the newspapers to be more rational and unbiased in their work. Only then its circulation would increase, because people would like it. Another important thing to note is that, when later television was introduced to the world, so many news channels covered the political news. Even today, there are many debates and discussions organized in every news channel where individuals from different areas and background discuss about a topic and raise their voice. But this has not affected the standards for covering news. In fact it has, in a way increased it, since thoughts come from all the angles and discussion become more engaged. A different perspective is always essential in the matters of politics since it essentially involves all the individuals and their voices must be heard. Hence, it is imperative to note that the advent of internet blogging has only helped to increase the standards of news covering since numerous views of quality are expressed, which bring different set of perspectives to the given situation.

Hello everyone, This is my first post here. I'm in need of a genuine feedback for the essay below. It will be great if you can assign a number to my essay as well (on a scale of 0-6). Thank you. (Note: I referred to several other websites while composing this essay. I wanted to get a clear idea on how to proceed, given a topic and task) Essay topic: In any field of endeavor, it is impossible to make a significant contribution without first being strongly influenced by past achievements within that field. Task: Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position. My essay:- Some of the greatest breakthroughs in history were greatly influenced by past achievements. While this may not always be the case, there are advancements in various fields which do not build on existing foundations, which clearly means significant contributions can be made without being influenced by past works in a field. Nicolaus Copernicus defied tradition and challenged the proponents of the geocentric theory with his groundbreaking heliocentric model. At that time, the geocentric theory, which was proposed by Ptolemy, was considered to be the ultimate dogma. By relying on exhaustive calculations and keen observation skills, Copernicus was able to refute the age-old belief that Earth was at the center. Even though the Copernican theory made sense, the church and the scientific community did not accept it for many centuries. With the formulation of Newton’s law of gravitation was the theory widely accepted among scientists. Similar to Copernicus’ breakthrough in science, James Pollock’s seminal works paved way for a new style of painting called ‘action painting’. Uninfluenced by the conventional portrait or landscape paintings, this style remains to be unique. His most famous works make use of a method called ‘drip painting’, which is a form of abstract art in which paint is dripped or poured on a canvas. His works were not very famous in early years but gained prominence later. Erik Satie, an eminent pianist, was also one such personality whose works were different from those of his predecessors. His work was a precursor to artistic movements such as ‘minimalism’ and ‘repetitive music’. Even though he was not as famous as his contemporaries, his unique musical genre was recognized much later after his death. Although the examples stated above represent original ideas that did not build on past achievements, there have been contributions which were influenced by earlier works. For example, the Crick-Watson’s DNA model was based on the X-ray diffraction photographs of DNA, captured by Rosalind Franklin. They were able to deduce that the structure of DNA had to be double-helix and not single stranded as they thought it to be. This discovery had won them the coveted Nobel prize. Another example would be the contribution of Steve Jobs to the design of Apple products with stylistic fonts. Even the famous composer and pianist Chopin was influenced by Mozart and J.S.Bach. The list can go on. In conclusion, past achievements may influence and lead to innovations in a particular field. But there are also radical scientists and artists (as seen in the examples above) who went against the cherished values of society to come up with newer ideas the world could not comprehend of. Hence the statement does not always hold true.

Please give me some thoughts on this issue essay: Claim: When planning courses, educators should take into account the interests and suggestions of their students. Reason: Students are more motivated to learn when they are interested in what they are studying. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based. ________________________________________________________________ The issue of whether when planning courses, educators should take into account the interest of students is a contentious one. While each side has its strengths and weaknesses, I believe that only, when students are interested in the field of study, they can achieve great results. Furthermore, having the whole students group being active in class creates a community with shared interest, which the university can benefit from. First, when teachers take into account suggestions of theirs students regarding the courses program, they show them that they have the control on the fields they want to explore. Eventually students get this feeling of obligation throughout the course that they have chosen this and they have to study hard to understand it well. Second, allowing the students to cooperate with the planning of the courses gives the teacher a perspective that he could use to have better class results. For example, if a teacher is leading a Business course and his students want to know more the Internet business, he can try to include more examples from the online commerce that follow the same basic business rules that any other field do. Third, when teachers share the students’ interest, they can try to explain the theory in more native language for them. For example, a painting educator can use tablet or phone to provoke their audience to learn light and shape through modern applications that are well understood by the youth. Some may argue that students don't understand the specific field and they don't know what's best for them to study. However, this point is flawed since, in order to provoke discussion and action from the students you need to have them interested in what you are explaining. Moreover, if the material is hard to be learned teachers should at least make students feel like they are interested. In conclusion, when educators make students interested in their fields of study they get better results at the end. Furthermore, going through the course in a perspective more natural for the learners makes it easier for them to understand it. For these reasons, I believe that teachers should take into account the suggestion of theirs students when planning the courses. As my grandparent used to say "Young people understand the future better, because they are going to live in it".

Hi All, I have written the issue topic for the first time. please post your valuable comments. Thanks in advance!!! your reviews would be of great support. TOPIC Some people believe that competition for high grades motivates students to excel in the classroom. Others believe that such competition seriously limits the quality of real learning. 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. As stated by the above requirement, competition is very essential element for students to excel their academic and cultural skills. This can be motivated for ephemeral time period, to make them involved for extra-curricular activities which show casts their skills. The primary outcome of competition is to bring out one's inner potential and build to leadership qualities . Competition is healthy when it brings out positive results related to motivation, determination along with real learning quality. This gives them hands on experience and makes them to understand the difficulty existing in each and every task being involved. But, at times, it causes bitter outcomes, which makes some people go mad. Competition should exist only in students, not between parents. They shouldn't burden the kids with lots of homework and timetable ,which ultimately results in depression and stress. Students must be encouraged and enervated for their works. They should feel it interesting and positive feedback needs to be initialized from parents and their surroundings . They should be supervised under their mentor's guidance and continuous support brings them accolades and hudos. Time should be made very effective and students should be more focused on every activities. Each student posses his/her own skills and talent. Try to find out the potentials and give them moral support. They will come out with flying colors. Don't burden them at early age. Small minds is full of creativity and imagination. Being supported, the students reach the zenith. On the concluding note, people posses different opinions and views. Competition is necessary for both high grades as well as kids. This shouldn't make young minds burdened. Students are learning both real and academic skills as well.

title:(summary form ets practice test 1) Interview centered method is more valid than dr Fields observation because while he observed children in Tertia, village in a group of island to be reared by all the adults instead of biological parents, in my interview with graduate student as helpers the children talked more about their biological parents. The author’s point of view cannot be validated unless it is verified on certain aspects such as the type of interview, environmental settings and the type of children interviewed. The author here blatantly dismisses the other scientists’ approach in studying child rearing. However before it can be agreed on that his own view are correct certain question about the scientific method has to be asked. First and foremost it is important to know whether his approached has been peer-reviewed by others.As in any scientific filed, without a peer review, not study can be validated. The next issue about his approach is the type of question that he asked the children. Obviously if he ended up asking probing questions about the children’s parents and focus less on adults then their answers will be directed towards their biological parents. Thirdly, it is also important to consider whether the interviewers were properly trained for the experiment. An inexperienced interviewer will not be able to ask the right questions and so correct information cannot be extracted. One of the most important aspects of this approach was that the interview setting itself was artificial. So whether the method was valid or not depends on whether the author actually saw the child rearing mechanism in action as Dr. Field has through his observation study. Moreover, the results also depend on the number of interviewees, and type of families. If only a small number of children with a stay home family were interviewed, it could be that the biological parent had more time to send with their kids so the child will talk about them more. As a result, this could skew the data. Furthermore, it is important to know whether the author interviewed all the islands or some of them. If he sampled from only some of the island, then this would not represent the correct population and so will skew the data as well Thus, all of these aspects need to be considered before any method can be rejected.

Topic: A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college A uniform national curriculum in a country with high diversity in ethnics, language or nationality etc cannot be appreciated as learning levels, methods change for different students. Although a uniform national curriculum for students below college would bring easy assessment, grading policy for them but such a curriculum may not be a cent percent fit for any country as some exceptions have to be accounted such as physically or mentally challenged students, student's native language, age & learning capabilities. For example, a country like India where high diversity in ethnics, language is observed it does not makes sense to have a common literature curriculum for all. Also it would be a daunting task for students with disabilities following the same curriculum as they cannot pace up with normal students always. A uniform national curriculum would be good but considering the above exceptions there must be changes accordingly.

Hello all :) Here's my issue essay response of one of the mock test which I've been giving lately. Would be grateful if anyone could analyze it and provide some incisive feedback. :) The issue at hand: Company management should conduct routine monitoring of all employee e-mail correspondence. Such monitoring will reduce the waste of resources such as time and system capacity, as well as protect the company from lawsuits. Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider the possible consequences of implementing the policy and explain how these consequences shape your position. My response: The given policy talks about conducting a routine monitoring of all employee e-mail correspondence. It further alleges that doing so will mitigate the waste of resources such as time and system capacity. The given policy seems to be pragmatic and I do believe that it should be implemented in almost all firms. Firstly, in any company, security is one of the most cardinal aspects to be careful about. Implementing the given policy will help the company avert from collusions of the employees with pariahs. It if my opinion that since the employees would be knowing that their e-mail correspondence is being monitored, they will not dare to engage themselves in any conspiracy against the company. This may help the company's board to develop a sense of fidelity inside them with regards to their employees. Secondly, the given policy claims to reduce the waste of resources. Now, I'm no raconteur but I would like to share an anecdote. One of my friends recently opened his firm named "Opine solutions". It basically is a marketing platform for various firms. Since it is a start up, he started employing stipend-free internships to various callow programmers. But after a month itself, my friend found out that his server had been hacked. He knew it was one of the interns, as he had taken most of the measures to prevent a DNS or similar attacks. He started enquiring and after three weeks, twenty days to be precise, he found out the intern who had colluded with his team to hack the server. And to my friend's utter shock, the hacker used to send the firms logs through the very e-mail provided to him by the firm, since the interns weren't allowed to use their personal e-mails. Now, adopting the stated policy would have helped my friend a lot of time as he could have directly peeped into the logs of the routing monitoring software to find out who was the fraud. Thus, I feel that the policy rightfully claims that a draft of resources will be saved by implementing the policy. Thus, in any firm, I believe that it is important to take measures to discourage charlatans from conspiring against the firm and the stated policy would just serve the purpose.

Hello all :) Here's my issue essay response of one of the mock test which I've been giving lately. Would be grateful if anyone could analyze it and provide some incisive feedback. :) The issue at hand: Mass media and the internet have caused people’s attention spans to get shorter. However, the overall effect has been positive: while people are less able to focus on one thing, they more than make up for it with an enhanced ability to sort through large quantities of information and find what’s important. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons or examples that could be used to challenge your position. My response: The given issue addresses the effect of mass media and internet on the common mass. It alleges that these two medium have resulted in people's attention span getting abridged. It further suggests that the arrant effect is positive as people have developed an enhanced ability to sort through large quantities of information and find what’s important. Nonetheless, I find myself in apposition to what has been stated in the issue. Firstly, I do believe that mass media and the internet have caused people's attention span to shorten. Mass media and the internet are two major and indefinite sources of information. There are many germane, as well as immaterial information available. It is of my opinion that this vastness has left a negative impact on the stake holders. Since it is a human tendency to get lured to superfluous data, they are prone to checking it out without completing their analysis of the current one. However, I find myself incapable of assimilating the fact that the overall effect has been positive. The claim raises a moot point that people have developed an enhanced ability to sort out large quantities of data according to one's need. However, I believe that this can be deceiving. Since the use of mass media and internet has made many people impetuous, their decisions cannot be relied upon. It is quite possible that many people sort out this data just by reading the title of the article. As we all know, a book cannot be judged from it's cover. Thus, one needs to skim through the topic in order to classify a certain topic as "not important". Another reason, why I believe that these two mediums renders the overall effect negative is because of the "mass media get-along" effect. It crudely means that people sometimes tend to follow the mass and thus, fail to distinguish their interests from others. For instance, an article about the recent Android Google Wear is being reiterated on the two platforms. Many people re-sharing it, or tweeting about it may make an ornithologist to not sort it out. However, that information is not of utter importance to an ornithologist, whose field of study is botany and birds. Recapitulating the ideas expressed in the above paraphrases, I certainly believe that excessive exposure to mass media and the internet overall has a negative effect on the mass. Thus, I don't feel it is becoming to justify that mass media and the internet have caused people’s attention spans to get shorter.

I wrote an essay re "Analyzing an Issue" in 30 minutes while giving a Manhattan Practice Test. I would be really grateful if you could critique it! I will try my best to reciprocate and grade your essay. Prompt: Some people believe that teaching morality should be the foundation of education. Others believe that teaching a foundation of logical reasoning would do more to produce a moral society. 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 above. My Essay: Teaching a foundation of logical reasoning is necessary to ensure that people behave morally. A person who lacks the ability to reason logically cannot be depended upon to do the morally right thing, even if his intentions are good. Advances in psychology tell us that humans aren't perfectly rational agents. Aside from committing what are called logical fallacies in reasoning, they are also prone to cognitive biases. Only a person who is well aware of them can be expected to reason correctly. An introductory course in logic includes learning about syllogisms, deductive and inductive arguments, what it means for a deductive argument to be logically valid or sound, and common fallacies. An "ad hominem" attack is an example of fallacy that is not uncommon. It occurs when a person tries to invalidate an argument by discrediting the person who made the argument. It is true that pondering over this can make someone who hasn't taken a logic class realize that there's something wrong with ad hominem. But, there are too many forms of bad arguments and one cannot be relied upon to independently discover all of them or even try to do so. Moreover, cognitive biases like confirmation bias (the tendency to neglect evidence against your position) worsen the situation. Why care so much about logical reasoning in order to produce a moral society? Because what a foundation of morality can teach are basic moral values, like the Golden Rule or do not harm others unnecessarily. In practical situations, what to do must be decided by making arguments where those moral values serve as premises. The various moral systems e.g. deontology and consequentialism utilize this. One form of consequentialism, utilitarianism requires a person to do a cost-benefit analysis of each action he does. If the costs of an action outweigh the benefits, a utilitarian will decide against going through with it. On the other hand, as has been witnessed by humanity, fundamentalists commit atrocities while thinking that they are behaving morally and according to God's instructions. Basic logic, if taught to them, can have gone a long deal to make them realize that their actions aren't really moral. So, I would advocate teaching logical reasoning over morality itself as the basic moral values, if they are to be adopted by a person, are intuitive, thanks to evolution.

This is my first attempt at an issue task . Please score it and advise me on things I need to improve upon . Thank you . Topic : Some people believe that strong relationships can only develop after conflict and resolution have enabled the partners to speak openly and trust deeply . Others belive that each conflict create rifts in a relationship that can never be repaired,weakening its foundation . Directions : write a response in which you determine which view bears the closest resemblance to your own . In justifying your reasoning and supporting your position , be sure to include your reaction in both the views presented. response : Disagreements in a relationships are inevitable . It is inevitable that there will be times of sadness , tension or outright anger between two persons because all human beings are different in their own way and think differently . However , disagreements, if constructively resolved can actually strengthen the relationship . Communication is the fundamental requirement for establishing a solid relationship with your partner . You need to tell him/her of what you think and what are your opinions . There will be conflicts ,of course , if the other person doesn't think the same way as you do; however you atleast know what the other person's point of view is and then move forward to resolve the issue . Conflicts on topics also encourages them to work together in finding a better solution for the problem . It also helps in understanding each other better and bridges the communication gap that existed . Conflicts offers relief to the person who has been bottling up his opinions when he doesnt agree to something . However there are cases where conflicts create rifts and end up in a bitter relationship . The only reason for this is a lack of understanding between the partners and a trust deficit who are unable to resolve the issue through mutual consent . A strong relationship can only be developed between partners who place trust in each other and respect each other's decision . Every problem can be sorted out with discussion and if for some reason the solution can't be reached then there might be an inherent problem in the relationship itself . These conflicts might result in the separation of partners or a wounded relationship that can never be repired . Whether this conflicts are beneficial or harmful to the two parties depend upon the maturity levels of the two individuals . Regardless of the outcome a person should always tell his opinions to the other in case of a conflict rather than suffer in silence and feeling sorry later for not standing up . After all a relationship in which one partner has the say and the other doesn't have the courage to speak openly about his/her thoughts is not healthy in the first place .

As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate Nowadays people are debating the controversy that whether the increasingly technology would diminish the ability of humans to thinks for themselves. A part of these people present their values that the phenomenon would surely deteriorate the ability of humans to humans to think for themselves. They believe the Artificial Intelligence (AI) is capable to act exactly the same as human beings. They can take dictations, draw pictures, make euphonious voices, interpret photographs, predict the weather, etc. But, AI programs are highly specialized for special tasks, and they cannot solve various ranges of problems like humans. For example, can supercomputer Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov in cooking? Since it beat him in 1997 by chess. And there remains a question, if the ability to think for themselves is deteriorate, how could it be possible that technology will develop to satisfy humans? On the contrary, American philosopher John Searle, representing the other side to this debate, expressed a different view. He admits that a program might produce replies identical to those of a person, but he argues that a program cannot understand anything it says. It is not saying or asserting anything at all, but merely outputting meaningless symbols that it has manipulated in accordance with purely formal rules. Searle asserts that human brains can ascribe meanings to symbols, thus deriving understanding, whereas metal and silicon cannot. In my opinion, I have to acknowledge that with the development of technology, some people may perhaps decrease their ability of thinking for themselves because their internal personality. But, to humans, there is no doubt that the society would definitely benefit from the developing technology because of the enterprise and ambition of this race. It is easily and safely to arrive at the conclusion that the ability of humans to think for themselves won’t deteriorate with the developing of technology. I sincerely hope there is someone who can tell me whether the grammar is wrong, how to use a better expression, and how to prolong and strengthen the text since my mother-tongue is not English. THX

Our world is a collection of individuals belonging to a variety of ethnicity, speaking a diverse mix of languages and practicing various rituals. Hence, it can be called an eclectic blend of human species. Behaviors are exhibited here on two levels; firstly collective as a nation or ethnicity and secondly as an individual. Now, the issue here is to analyze behavior. We have to understand that behavior is shaped by not only other people's action but our own emotional interpretation effects it as well. Behavior can be explained as a combination of reaction in response to a certain action by someone else which is a collective response and also the emotional imprint the action leaves on us which varies individually. Hence, it would be incorrect to argue that behavior is totally dependent upon other forces rather it is also effected by our interpretation and understanding of the force. Lets go back into history, to understand that how people have responded to actions and attitude forced upon them collectively. In 1885, people of the Sub continent in South Asia started fighting for their freedom against the Britishers. It could be said that it shows how collective action was shaped by the attitude of the British forces. But a close examination would reveal the variety in these response because of the differences in individual intellectual capabilities. A few Indians in Punjab responded to the freedom movement by committing murders and used violence as a tool. The Muslims resorted for a political movement and Hindus shaked hand with the Britishers. This shows that though the fight for freedom was the common implication, every other group interpreted and took different measures for it. Similarly, lets examine the post 9/11 behaviors amongst people. Most of the people have become cautious about their protection and have developed ways to protect themselves. But the violence has had two pronged effects as well. On one hand, some have become more cautious and sensitive towards violence. On the other hand, a few have become apathetic due to the excessive bloodshed. Some have adopted prejudices towards Muslims in the world. Others have become more united with them. Hence, though the forces play a role in shaping our behavior but it is not the only factor. Factors like emotions, interpretations, intellect and personality play a vital role as well .

The best way to teach is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones. When you teach something to someone your main aim is to make them self sufficient at it and they can manage to do it well on their own. When someone is learning something he will make mistakes at first and then slowly start getting it right and then he will keep getting better at it. No one is an expert at something when they start learning it. Maybe some people might get the hang of it faster than others but everyone takes some time to learn. Everyone will make mistakes in the beginning. It is very important that when we are teaching someone, we analyse these mistakes and then make a special effort to correct them so that they don’t repeat them again and again. When you are teaching someone and you ignore their negative actions and only keep praising their positive actions, it might be the case that the learner might get over confident. He might believe that he knows everything when that might not be the case. If the teacher is only focussing on the positives, one may give up learning that topic after some time. They may feel they have got a good grasp of the topic, because the teacher just keeps praising them. So they might end up learning only a part of the thing while assuming that they have mastered that topic. It is very important for the teacher to keep a track of things the student has improved at and learnt well. Also he must make it a point to praise the student at every improvement so that he gets a positive boost that he is doing well and is getting better. If only the negatives are pointed out time and again the student might get dejected and feel like a failure. In conclusion, as the old saying goes one must learn from their mistakes, it is very important to keep a track of things you are improving at by looking at the positives. But it is more important to look at the negative actions so that you get an idea about what you are weak at and what needs improvement.