I am having such a hard time seeing how A is not weakening the question.

I completely understand and agree that D does weaken the question, however, I can't get past the idea that A also weakens it, what led me to choose it is the "be as happy as possible" in the conclusion.

If I understand it correctly the premise is:

Most people who have pets are less happy than most

people who do not.

Conclusion : Any person who wants to be as happy as possible

would do well to consider not having a pet

I interpret the premise as a generalization since it says "most" soo... a lot of the people who have pets are less happy than a lot of the people who do not.

Translation 1:

p -> less happy

not less happy -> no pet.

Translation 2:

p-> h

h->p

Now: A says "Some people who have pets are happier than most who don't". OOOOOhhhhhh....I just realized I was making the assumption that if someone where to tell me "some" actually are happier, while I was making the claim that "most" ...I would be thinking they meant all...which is not the case.

Takeaway: SOME doesn't negate or lessen MOST.

If you are still reading this, thank you for taking the time. I hope it was helpful. Other 7Sagers have done a good job of explaining. Such as @tams2018 "Most is at least 51% of people. That doesn’t mean the 49% leftover aren’t happy." If you have been struggling with this question, I would definitely recommend continuing to read through the comments. I finally feel like I can move on, the "as happy as possible" is addressed by answer choice D because it offers that you can be happy if you have a pet.

Does anyone know if a weakening question will have both an answer choice that weakens the question, AND an answer choice that will destroy the question premise/conclusion? I ask this as I work on the Weakening Problem Set 10: LSAT PT24 - Section 2 - Question 01- December 1997

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Thanks!

@ definitely also interested, I don't know if you can, but maybe a poll would help? Or at least a notice in the forums? Perhaps some kind of announcement?

Hi! @

Thanks so much for providing the tracking sheet. Would it be possible to get some clarity on how you used the sheet? I guess I am sort of wondering if the time it took you to read through the passage on RC, and answer each question, both things together, added up to 40 minutes - just the first time you ever went through a passage, and then on the second try it took you 40 minutes just for the questions.

Also, I am not sure what the circle column is for. I've listened to both the podcast twice and haven't been able to figure that out.

It looks like a super helpful tracker and I am hoping to use it as intended, just starting to track RC.

Anyone else dismiss E because they were thinking that it was almost hearsay? but then..after reading through the comments you realize you are supposed to take everything the LSAT says as true.

I'm near SF, can also accommodate time zones!

I sat down, took it last June, canceled the score, I knew there was no way I was getting the score I needed. I am supposed to be sitting down for it in a couple of weeks and just delayed it by a couple of months. I am thinking about pushing it a whole other cycle. All I can do is tear up at these thoughts.

However, this post and the thoughtful comments are encouraging ... and grounding. I am feeling grateful to everyone who has shared. Cannot thank y'all enough.

Would anyone else know of any other possible similar summer institutes this year? I am definitely interested in the curriculum. However, I checked out the website and unfortunately it's not exactly a cheap 2 weeks, even as an online institute. Could it still be a good idea even if Duke is not exactly a target school?

I got the questions from the previous problem set correct, yet, this one I was stumped by and was not able to finish.

The real gains always come from relentless BR and thorough review.

Thank you so much for this entire post. I have been completely afraid that if I don't do enough PTs before test date I am just going to do horribly. I've felt this way because I have heard from several different sources that there are those who have literally done very single PT. While that was my goal at the beginning, I am realizing just how much time the CC is taking, and I seem to definitely gain a better understanding when I BR even just psets.

I have felt weighed down by the fact that I just do not have enough time to actually get through all of the PTs before I sit down for the LSAT a 2nd time this June. It's kind of my last chance to try given some financial restrictions .I definitely wish I had committed to studying with 7Sage way earlier as I find everything on here incredibly helpful.

I took a Blueprint class and the instructor just had to idea how to teach. It was the most disappointing investment of my time and money I have made.

Again, cannot thank you enough for this post, and all of the questions and comments. It has felt like I have been going about my studies completely wrong for awhile.

Best of luck!

P.S. Suits omg. addicting.

@-B @ Thank you both so much for taking the time to write this out. My studying has been so sporadic I have been unsure about how to proceed.

Thanks for the heads up!

@ @ Sounds great! Thank you both. So excited.

Charter says the student body must include some students with special educational needs: this is some parameter of the argument.

We continue reading and find that no students with learning disabilities have enrolled yet. Then we get the conclusion.

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Given the information above we must conclude that the the school is in violation of its charter, because a violation of a charter is no students with special educational needs are present.

Sooo... what must be true?

That the author is assuming that the only students with special needs are those with learning disabilities.

I believe this makes me the 14th person to share my interest in this! Thanks again!

Great, Thank you for the update!

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Do you know if 7Sage will put up the webinar or has put up the webinar for this? Or does anyone know?

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