PrepTest C2, Section 2, Question 8
Candidate: The children in our nation need a better education. My opponent maintains that our outdated school system is the major impediment to achieving this goal. In fact our school system does need reform. Nonetheless, my opponent's position places far too much blame on our schools, for it seems to equate education with schooling, yet other parts of society are at least as responsible for educating our youth as our schools are.
Candidate: The children in our nation need a better education. My opponent maintains that our outdated school system is the major impediment to achieving this goal. In fact our school system does need reform. Nonetheless, my opponent's position places far too much blame on our schools, for it seems to equate education with schooling, yet other parts of society are at least as responsible for educating our youth as our schools are.
Candidate: The children in our nation need a better education. My opponent maintains that our outdated school system is the major impediment to achieving this goal. In fact our school system does need reform. Nonetheless, my opponent's position places far too much blame on our schools, for it seems to equate education with schooling, yet other parts of society are at least as responsible for educating our youth as our schools are.
Candidate: The children in our nation need a better education. My opponent maintains that our outdated school system is the major impediment to achieving this goal. In fact our school system does need reform. Nonetheless, my opponent's position places far too much blame on our schools, for it seems to equate education with schooling, yet other parts of society are at least as responsible for educating our youth as our schools are.
The statement that the school system needs reform figures in the candidate's argument in which one of the following ways?
It is the main conclusion that the argument is attempting to establish about the position of the candidate's opponent.
It is offered as an example of one of the social problems for which the argument proposes a solution.
It is cited as establishing the candidate's contention that far too much is being blamed on schools.
It is used to indicate how the failings of the school system are partially responsible for society's problems.
It is a limited concession made to the candidate's opponent in the context of a broader challenge to the opponent's position.
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