LSAT 127 – Section 1 – Question 23

LSAT 127 - Section 1 - Question 23

December 2003

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Choices		 Curve Question
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Difficulty		 Explanation
PT127 S1 Q23
+LR
+Exp
Strengthen +Streng
Link Assumption +LinkA
Eliminating Options +ElimOpt
A
1%
153
B
2%
155
C
1%
157
D
7%
157
E
89%
164
136
145
153
 +Medium 147.168 +SubsectionMedium

Columnist: Even if the primary purpose of university education is to make students employable, such education should emphasize the liberal arts rather than the more narrow kind of technical training that prepares one for a particular sort of job. This is because the reasoning skills one acquires from a liberal arts education allow one to adapt to new intellectual challenges and thus to perform jobs for which one has received no specialized training.

Summarize Argument
The columnist concludes that a university education should emphasize the liberal arts over job-specific technical training. This is because the liberal arts teach reasoning skills that allow one to be more intellectually flexible and thus do a wider variety of jobs.

Notable Assumptions
The columnist assumes that technical training doesn’t also teach reasoning skills that help one be a more adaptable worker. If this were the case, then a liberal arts education would offer no clear benefit over job-specific technical training. The columnist also assumes that universities should strive to make adaptable workers rather than to equip students with job-specific skills. This means the columnist either believes such skills aren’t important or are less important than developing reasoning.

A
It is better for people to have good educations than good jobs.
The columnist never claims technical educations aren’t good educations.
B
Many people with narrow technical training manage to find jobs.
The columnist likely agrees. However, this doesn’t remotely strengthen her claim that universities should emphasize a liberal arts education.
C
Having a series of different jobs is more interesting than having only one job.
The columnist never claims people should or will have many different jobs. Reasoning skills simply allow people to adapt to a variety of jobs.
D
Having a general understanding of life is more important than possessing practical skills.
We have no idea if a liberal arts education leads to a “general understanding of life.”
E
Technical training does not help students acquire reasoning skills.
When students receive a technical training, they don’t learn the reasoning skills that come with a liberal arts education. This defends against a potential weakener: that technical training also teaches reasoning skills.

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