Timeline for Unifying in a common bond versus rectifying inequalities
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| Sep 16, 2017 at 10:48 | comment | added | Gaurang Tandon | Yes you're right. I'll leave this question open for a week in case anyone else wants to mention their observation. | |
| Sep 16, 2017 at 7:47 | comment | added | Andrew | @GaurangTandon although, to be honest, answer choice #1 isn't very good either. The author never says different states' educational systems are unequal. He only says that there is a range of different educational systems in Pennsylvania, some "better" than others (reading the rest of the passage, Benjamin Rush has some strong ideas about what makes a good educational system). The example question in my answer is a better example of a well-written (but difficult) reading comprehension question. | |
| Sep 16, 2017 at 7:43 | comment | added | Andrew | @GaurangTandon it does no good to pick out one sentence from the passage and argue about its meaning. You have to look at the overall intent of the writer, and find the key elements of the paragraph that best reflect that intent. In this case the author's main intent is not to "render the mass of people more homogeneous" but to "produce one general, and uniform system of education". You then have to pick which answer choice best exemplifies this intent. | |
| Sep 16, 2017 at 0:55 | comment | added | Gaurang Tandon | Or, do you intend to say that "rendering the mass of people homogenous" is more closely related to "rectifying inequalities" than "unifying in a common bond"? | |
| Sep 16, 2017 at 0:53 | comment | added | Gaurang Tandon | Thanks for your answer! Yes, that's what the prepscholar tell as well, that other answers may seem reasonable but only one is true. Anyway, sir, "it's actually irrelevant to the question." I don't get it? That actually was my question. If both of them are not correct answers, then which one is correct and why? | |
| Sep 15, 2017 at 16:35 | history | answered | Andrew | CC BY-SA 3.0 |