Argument Analysis
The editorial piece written by the author suggests that the the author believes raising local taxes in Bayside Sentinel will have a direct positive impact on the performance of the youth.
One reason being the author implies that due to the fact that the schools are run down, have broken windows, bathrooms being unusable and the out-of-date classroom equipment these are bringing down the performance of the youths.
The author's assumption that broken windows can have a negative influence on the students performance is flawed, that has nothing to do with their ability to perform.
In contrast to Bayside Sentinel in the city of New Harbor, the author is suggesting that due to their higher monetary investment on their students, 27% greater than Bayside Sentinels', and also due to that their schools are in better condition, that these have a direct impact on the performance of its students.
The author's argument is flawed, he does not consider the possibility that perhaps Bayside Sentinel does not have the same kind of society as New Harbour with different moral ethics and backgrounds.
For instance, some suburbs are more safe than others, raising taxes on the under performing suburbs will not necessarily improve the grades of the students living in those areas. The same logic can be applied here.
It's all to do with the mindset of the student, if the student wants to learn and come up in life then he or she will, regardless of the circumstances, do their best to do well at school.
Though Bayside Sentinel does not have up to date equipment that's still not a strong enough argument to correlate it with student performance. The older generation did not have computers or calculators, they studied on pencil and paper only and did arithmetic in their head, unlike the current generation. However most of these people were still able to do well in their life.
The author does not mention what other indicators of performance that New Harbour provides that can be correlated with the higher performance level of their students. The only weapon the author has is the higher rate of monetary investment in the student and the better condition of their schools.
Coming back to the previous argument, if the student wants to learn regardless of the circumstances, he or she will. Even if more monetary investment was provided to the students there is no guarantee that they will do well if they are not good students.
From the article it appears that the author is using general statistics to make the correlation, there would be certain percentage of students that surely are doing quite well in Bayside Sentinel however due to the larger amount of students that might not being doing as well - this minority would not be well represented. Likewise with new Harbour, there surely will be the odd percentage of students that regardless of the increased monetary investment won't be doing well.
The author's keyword is "stronger," however the author does not mention how much more stronger the performance of the students are. This marked increase in performance could only be by a few percentage points, hardly anything to brag about due to the increased monetary investment.
Time taken: 30 minutes
The editorial piece written by the author suggests that the the author believes raising local taxes in Bayside Sentinel will have a direct positive impact on the performance of the youth.
One reason being the author implies that due to the fact that the schools are run down, have broken windows, bathrooms being unusable and the out-of-date classroom equipment these are bringing down the performance of the youths.
The author's assumption that broken windows can have a negative influence on the students performance is flawed, that has nothing to do with their ability to perform.
In contrast to Bayside Sentinel in the city of New Harbor, the author is suggesting that due to their higher monetary investment on their students, 27% greater than Bayside Sentinels', and also due to that their schools are in better condition, that these have a direct impact on the performance of its students.
The author's argument is flawed, he does not consider the possibility that perhaps Bayside Sentinel does not have the same kind of society as New Harbour with different moral ethics and backgrounds.
For instance, some suburbs are more safe than others, raising taxes on the under performing suburbs will not necessarily improve the grades of the students living in those areas. The same logic can be applied here.
It's all to do with the mindset of the student, if the student wants to learn and come up in life then he or she will, regardless of the circumstances, do their best to do well at school.
Though Bayside Sentinel does not have up to date equipment that's still not a strong enough argument to correlate it with student performance. The older generation did not have computers or calculators, they studied on pencil and paper only and did arithmetic in their head, unlike the current generation. However most of these people were still able to do well in their life.
The author does not mention what other indicators of performance that New Harbour provides that can be correlated with the higher performance level of their students. The only weapon the author has is the higher rate of monetary investment in the student and the better condition of their schools.
Coming back to the previous argument, if the student wants to learn regardless of the circumstances, he or she will. Even if more monetary investment was provided to the students there is no guarantee that they will do well if they are not good students.
From the article it appears that the author is using general statistics to make the correlation, there would be certain percentage of students that surely are doing quite well in Bayside Sentinel however due to the larger amount of students that might not being doing as well - this minority would not be well represented. Likewise with new Harbour, there surely will be the odd percentage of students that regardless of the increased monetary investment won't be doing well.
The author's keyword is "stronger," however the author does not mention how much more stronger the performance of the students are. This marked increase in performance could only be by a few percentage points, hardly anything to brag about due to the increased monetary investment.
Time taken: 30 minutes
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