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George: The economics taught in college is very confusing [#permalink]
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George: The economics taught in college is very confusing—and that’s because it’s all wrong.
Harold: If it’s all wrong, why is college economics still force-fed to students?
George: It’s very difficult to learn something that’s all wrong, and if, by chance, someone does waste all that time and learn it, he or she will be inclined to defend it ferociously and pass it on to others.
Which one of the following, if true, would most directly challenge George’s reasoning?
(A) Many college graduates who have taken economics go on to successful careers in a variety of other fields.
(B) College students who major in economics tend to earn higher grades in economics than in their other subjects.
(C) “Rightâ€
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C clearly put Geroge into question.. rest goes here and there..
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E-the statement by George would also get modified later about economics.
C-the relativityt of right and wrong is true for most of the subjects, is it not?
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[quote="gmacvik"]George: The economics taught in college is very confusing—and that’s because it’s all wrong.
Harold: If it’s all wrong, why is college economics still force-fed to students?
George: It’s very difficult to learn something that’s all wrong, and if, by chance, someone does waste all that time and learn it, he or she will be inclined to defend it ferociously and pass it on to others.
Which one of the following, if true, would most directly challenge George’s reasoning?
(A) Many college graduates who have taken economics go on to successful careers in a variety of other fields.
(B) College students who major in economics tend to earn higher grades in economics than in their other subjects.
(C) “Rightâ€
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C for clarity and conciseness. wrong and right notions are not applicable to science.
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One more C.
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[size=75][color=blue]George: The economics taught in college is very confusing—and that’s because it’s all wrong.
Harold: If it’s all wrong, why is college economics still force-fed to students? George: It’s very difficult to learn something that’s all wrong, and if, by chance, someone does waste all that time and learn it, he or she will be inclined to defend it ferociously and pass it on to others.
Which one of the following, if true, would most directly challenge George’s reasoning?
(A) Many college graduates who have taken economics go on to successful careers in a variety of other fields.
(B) College students who major in economics tend to earn higher grades in economics than in their other subjects.
(C) “Rightâ€
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C !
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Agree with ncprasad ... I pick D
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D.
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I have two choices, 'C' or 'E'
Will pick 'C'
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Agree D.
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D says "journal articles that strongly criticize college economics"
Is George talking of college economics or economics in general?
Also, D seems to contradict just one fact of what George said. Not George's reasoning.
OA please??
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[quote="gmacvik"]George: The economics taught in college is very confusing—and that’s because it’s all wrong.
Harold: If it’s all wrong, why is college economics still force-fed to students? George: It’s very difficult to learn something that’s all wrong, and if, by chance, someone does waste all that time and learn it, he or she will be inclined to defend it ferociously and pass it on to others.
Which one of the following, if true, would most directly challenge George’s reasoning?
(A) Many college graduates who have taken economics go on to successful careers in a variety of other fields.
(B) College students who major in economics tend to earn higher grades in economics than in their other subjects.
(C) “Rightâ€
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D is a trick!
D doesn't comment on the curriculum of the classes, or the information taught. I don't think we can make the assumption that since the professors disagree with the information taught, that it isn't being taught. It actually STRENGTHENS his argument, since it is saying that the professors agree that the information taught is "wrong".
Quote: Choice E) goes directly against George's argument.
How does the enjoyment by the students refute the veracity of the information taught in the econ class?
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I think it's D. What's the OA??
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I garuntee you 110% its not D, how does the fact that the economics professors agree with George, challenge George's argument?
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I go with E.
(A) irrelevant
(B) irrelevant
(C) too broad
(D) call for authorities
(E) Graduated neither defend economics nor say it was difficult -> refute both arguments.
What is OA?
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I'd go with C
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I don't see what is so broad about C.
Whats the OA?
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