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Summarize Argument
Samantha claims that a proposal to eliminate the three-month summer vacation won’t allow teachers to cover more new material. This is because the proposal adds six new, shorter breaks, so the total number of school days won't change.
Samantha's argument is about cause and effect; she seeks to deny the causal claim that the proposed change will allow teachers to cover more material. To counter (i.e. weaken) this argument, Robert needs to show that the new schedule could still create an opportunity to teach more, even though the number of school days will be the same.
Notable Assumptions
Samantha claims that the two schedules will accommodate the same amount of material, solely because the number of school days will be the same. This requires assuming that the distribution of school days is unimportant to how much material teachers can cover—that only the number of days matters. In other words, Samantha assumes that a schedule with six two-week breaks will not allow teachers to cover more material compared to a schedule with a three-month summer vacation.
One way that Robert can counter Samantha's argument is by denying this assumption. This would look like an answer stating or strongly indicating that a schedule with more, shorter breaks will in fact allow teachers to cover more material.
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