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Passage 1:

When schools prepare elective courses for their students (courses that provide an optional list of classes to suit different students’ interests), they should not comply with pressures to make those classes more “practical” or “career-driven.” Elective courses should be a way for students to express their creativity and interests in a format they enjoy and should provide students with a break from the mundane math and English topics they’ve spent the day learning about. Whether it’s painting, photography, dodgeball, or gardening, elective courses should be a way for students to establish and embrace hobbies and interests, a break from an otherwise full day of learning all are subjected to.

Passage 2:

Elective courses provide an opportunity for students to branch out and take different courses from those of their classmates. However, too much emphasis in school has been placed on topics that most students will never use as adults! Most students will not grow up to be artists or to use the Pythagorean Theorem in their day-to-day lives. So, it’s only logical that elective courses should be focused on life skills students will find helpful as adults, such as personal finance and home economics. It’s never too early to build life skills that will make an individual more well-rounded as an adult!

Passage 3:

Core classes are fighting a losing battle against electives for middle and high school-aged children. While schools mean well when they encourage students to express their creativity in class, emphasis on elective classes must come at the direct expense of more valuable core material. Schools should understand that their job is to prepare children and young adults for the workforce, and should place more emphasis on STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) material. There is currently more demand for STEM workers than there are interested and qualified adults. Therefore, if we place more emphasis on STEM skills for students, we will encourage interest in the jobs most needed when those children grow up and plan for their careers.

Which of the following most clearly expresses what each of the three authors disagrees about?

Whether STEM jobs are important to the community

Whether elective courses should be used purely for hobbies or for practical use

What should be prioritized in classroom learning

At what point children should start thinking about their future careers

Whether art is a topic worthy of students’ attention

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Which of the following most clearly expresses what each of the three authors disagrees about?

Your answer:

Whether STEM jobs are important to the community

Your answer:

Whether elective courses should be used purely for hobbies or for practical use

Your answer:

At what point children should start thinking about their future careers

Your answer:

Whether art is a topic worthy of students’ attention

Correct answer:

What should be prioritized in classroom learning

Explanation:

While some of the other answer options are addressed in one of the passages, or perhaps even two, the only thing we know all three authors disagree - to at least some extent - about is what schools should prioritize in classroom learning. Each of the three authors has a distinctly different perspective on what needs to be further prioritized in classroom learning and, where applicable, in elective classes in particular.

Passage 1’s author believes that “whether it’s painting, photography, dodgeball, or gardening, elective courses should be a way for students to establish and embrace hobbies and interests, a break from an otherwise full day of learning all are subjected to.”

Passage 2’s author thinks that “it’s only logical that elective courses should be focused on life skills students will find helpful as adults, such as personal finance and home economics.”

Passage 3’s author believes that “Schools should understand that their job is to prepare children and young adults for the workforce, and should place more emphasis on STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) material.”

So, we know that each author has a different perspective on what schools should emphasize in elective courses, and the role such courses should play in schooling as a whole.

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Relieved to be away from the stress of her job and the bustle of the city, Callie happily soaked in the _________ beauty of the small, quiet lakefront town.

Which of the following words is the LEAST appropriate choice to complete the blank above?

mundane

peaceful

serene

tranquil

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Relieved to be away from the stress of her job and the bustle of the city, Callie happily soaked in the _________ beauty of the small, quiet lakefront town.

Which of the following words is the LEAST appropriate choice to complete the blank above?

Your answer:

peaceful

Your answer:

serene

Your answer:

tranquil

Correct answer:

mundane

Explanation:

The context of the sentence above suggests that the slow pace and peaceful nature of the small, quiet town is a good thing in Callie’s mind. So we’re looking for a word with a positive connotation. “Mundane” is a synonym for “boring” which carries a negative connotation, making it seem like the quiet town is a bad thing. “Serene,” “peaceful,” and “tranquil” are all positive connotation words to describe a quiet, relaxed scene.

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