Public reports by national commissions, governors' conferences, and leadership groups have stressed the great need fo...
grimadeauApril 15, 2020
Why not E
Can you explain further on why it’s not answer choice E ? When I was doing this question I was stuck between choices A (correct answer) and E. I felt that E complimented the passage and what do u mean by E is a set of facts ?
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Thanks for the question! Let’s take a look at what the argument is telling us. We’re told that if the country is to remain a leading nation, then there’s an undeniable need for the citizenry to have better understanding of international affairs. We also know that if this need exists, then all of the new teachers have to be prepared to teach with an international orientation. Let’s diagram this out:
CRLN = country remains leading nation NCHBUIA = need for citizenry to have better understanding of international affairs NTPTSMIO = new teachers prepared to teach subject matter with international orientation
CRLN —> NCHBUIA NCHBUIA —> NTPTSMIO
Now notice we can link these two sentences together to get
CRLN —> NCHBUIA —> NTPTSMIO
which we can also simplify to
CRLN —> NTPTSMIO
which is what (A) tells us, and so (A) is the correct answer.
(E), on the other hand, tells us that public reports from various groups and commissions have stressed the need for a more international orientation in the education of teachers. But this isn’t true. All we know is that the public reports tell us that there’s a great need for a better understanding of international affairs by the citizenry. We can’t take the author’s logic and assume that the same logic is in the reports; since the logic is external to the reports, (E) isn’t supported by the passage.
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask any further questions that you might have.
