Sufficient AssumptionDiff: Easy
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Teachers shouldn't do things that make students lose respect for them. Since kids can tell when you're faking it, teachers shouldn't pretend to know things they don't.
Conclusion: Teachers should admit when they do not know the answer to a student's question rather than faking it.
Reasoning: Teachers must maintain student respect, and students are generally able to detect when a teacher is attempting to hide their ignorance.
Analysis: This argument has a logical gap between students 'sensing hidden ignorance' and students 'losing respect.' To guarantee the conclusion, we need a bridge that connects these two concepts. Look for an answer that explicitly states that if students sense a teacher is hiding ignorance, they will lose respect for that teacher. In Sufficient Assumption questions, we are looking for the missing piece of the puzzle that makes the argument 100% bulletproof.
Conclusion: Teachers should admit when they do not know the answer to a student's question rather than faking it.
Reasoning: Teachers must maintain student respect, and students are generally able to detect when a teacher is attempting to hide their ignorance.
Analysis: This argument has a logical gap between students 'sensing hidden ignorance' and students 'losing respect.' To guarantee the conclusion, we need a bridge that connects these two concepts. Look for an answer that explicitly states that if students sense a teacher is hiding ignorance, they will lose respect for that teacher. In Sufficient Assumption questions, we are looking for the missing piece of the puzzle that makes the argument 100% bulletproof.
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Unlock Full Passage17.The conclusion is properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?
Correct Answer
E
E supplies the missing causal link: if students sense a teacher is hiding ignorance, they lose respect. Combined with “students can sense the pretense,” pretending will cause loss of respect, and by the initial policy, teachers should not do it. That makes the conclusion follow.
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