LSAT 102 – Section 4 – Question 22

LSAT 102 - Section 4 - Question 22

June 1998

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT102 S4 Q22
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
A
3%
160
B
1%
154
C
83%
167
D
12%
162
E
0%
159
137
148
159
 +Medium 146.127 +SubsectionMedium

Sarah: Some schools seek to foster a habit of volunteering in their students by requiring them to perform community service. But since a person who has been forced to do something has not really volunteered and since the habit of volunteering cannot be said to have been fostered in a person who has not yet volunteered for anything, there is no way this policy can succeed by itself.

Paul: I disagree. Some students forced to perform community service have enjoyed it so much that they subsequently actually volunteer to do something similar. In such cases, the policy can clearly be said to have fostered a habit of volunteering.

Speaker 1 Summary
Sarah argues that a school policy requiring students to perform community service cannot, by itself, succeed in its goal of fostering a habit of volunteering in students. Why not? Because forced community service isn’t really “volunteering,” and you can’t foster a habit of volunteering in someone who’s never volunteered.

Speaker 2 Summary
Paul disagrees with Sarah: he thinks a school policy forcing students to perform community service can single-handedly foster a habit of volunteering in those students. Why? Some students enjoy community service so much that they become volunteers. This is an example of the policy fostering a habit of volunteering.

Objective
We need to find a point of disagreement. Sarah and Paul disagree about whether or not a policy forcing students into community service can, by itself, foster a habit of volunteering in those students.

A
there are any circumstances under which an individual forced to perform a task can correctly be said to have genuinely volunteered to perform that task
Sarah agrees with this: she outright states that a person forced into a task isn’t really a volunteer. However, Paul never expresses an opinion about whether forced work can also be volunteering. His focus is only on the impact of doing the work.
B
being forced to perform community service can provide enjoyment to the individual who is forced to perform such service
Paul agrees with this statement, as shown by his example of students who enjoy forced community service. Sarah, on the other hand, never gives an opinion. She says forced work isn’t volunteering, but doesn’t weigh in on whether it can be enjoyable.
C
being forced to perform community service can by itself encourage a genuine habit of volunteering in those students who are forced to perform such service
Sarah disagrees with this, but Paul agrees, making it the point at issue between the two. Sarah’s conclusion is that forced service cannot foster a habit of volunteering. Paul concludes the opposite, and in doing so explicitly disagrees with Sarah on this point.
D
it is possible for schools to develop policies that foster the habit of volunteering in their students
Paul agrees with this: he argues that a particular policy can foster a habit of volunteering, meaning it must be possible. However, Sarah doesn’t state an opinion. She just says that one policy can’t foster a habit of volunteering, but she might think another policy could.
E
students who develop a habit of volunteering while in school are inclined to perform community service later in their lives
Neither of the speakers says anything about the effects that a habit of volunteering would have later in life. The discussion is just about whether a certain policy could create such a habit, not what comes next.

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