Because people are generally better at detecting mistakes in others’

I narrowed it down to B and D. Finally chose D.

(A) The best elementary school math teachers are not those for whom math was always easy. Teachers who had to struggle through math themselves are better able to explain math to students. Incorrect. Out of scope.
(B) One must make a special effort to clearly explain one’s views to someone else; people normally find it easier to understand their own views than to understand others’ views. Maybe but 'special effort to clearly explain one's view' does not convey the correct meaning.
(C) Juries composed of legal novices, rather than panels of lawyers, should be the final arbiters in legal proceedings. People who are not legal experts are in a better position to detect good legal arguments by lawyers than are other lawyers. Incorrect. Too strong to fit into the analogy. One needs to make too many assumptions to consider this true.
(D) People should always have their writing proofread by someone else. Someone who does not know in advance what is meant to be said is in a better position to spot typographical errors. Correct. It clearly conveys the intended meaning.
(E) Two people going out for dinner will have a more enjoyable meal if they order for each other. By allowing someone else to choose, one opens oneself up to new and exciting dining experience. Incorrect.

Hope my logic is correct.

The official explanation is below:

October 2002 LSAT, Section 1, #7. The correct answer choice is (D)

The principle in the stimulus is clearly stated: “one should always have one’s own work checked by
someone else.” Your task is to find the answer that most closely follows that guideline.

Answer choice (A):
This answer choice does not contain any work to be checked, and therefore it cannot
illustrate the principle in the stimulus.

Answer choice (B):
Although this answer discusses “one’s view,” a view is not the same as “one’s own
work” and therefore the principle cannot be applied to this answer.

Answer choice (C):
Although this answer involves the checking of work (juries “check” the work of
lawyers), the heart of this answer is not that one should have one’s own worked checked by others. Rather,
this answer focuses on who is in the best position to do the checking: experts or novices.

Answer choice (D):
This is the correct answer. The answer matches the principle by stating that a writer
should have his or her work proofread by others, and then further provides a justification that matches the
premise in the stimulus (that other people are better at detecting errors).

Answer choice (E):
Ordering a meal does not qualify as “one’s own work,” nor does eating the meal
qualify as checking the work. Hence, this answer has no attribute that illustrates the principle.




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Because people are generally better at detecting mistakes in others’ work than in their own, a prudent principle is that one should always have one’s own work checked by someone else.

Which one of the following provides the best illustration of the principle above?

(A) The best elementary school math teachers are not those for whom math was always easy. Teachers who had to struggle through math themselves are better able to explain math to students. - WRONG. Struggling ones are checking anything from best ones. Its like C only.

(B) One must make a special effort to clearly explain one’s views to someone else; people normally find it easier to understand their own views than to understand others’ views. - WRONG. Not at all parallel.

(C) Juries composed of legal novices, rather than panels of lawyers, should be the final arbiters in legal proceedings. People who are not legal experts are in a better position to detect good legal arguments by lawyers than are other lawyers. - WRIONG. Though suggests that it does "checking" in a way but it does so in a neutral manner. Had it been formulated such that novices detect arguments of lawyers and present their critique, it could have made some sense then.

(D) People should always have their writing proofread by someone else. Someone who does not know in advance what is meant to be said is in a better position to spot typographical errors. - CORRECT.

(E) Two people going out for dinner will have a more enjoyable meal if they order for each other. By allowing someone else to choose, one opens oneself up to new and exciting dining experience. - WRONG. That experience may result in either way. So, in a way its like passage and it's not.

Answer D.