【正文】 s cities differ, however, in the budgetary priority they give to public education. For example, both as a proportion of its overall tax revenues and in absolute terms, Parson City has recently spent almost t。s birthrate was only onehalf that of five years ago. Thus the number of students enrolled in our public schools will soon decrease dramatically, and we can safely reduce the funds budgeted for education during the next decade. At the same time, we can reduce funding for athletic playing fields and other recreational facilities. As a result, we will have sufficient money to fund city facilities and programs used primarily by adults, since we can expect the adult population of the city to increase.　　Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.　　　　　　The following appeared in a letter to the editor of Parson City39。 lobby is to widen the highway, adding an additional lane of traffic. Opponents note that last year39。 lobby is to widen the highway, adding an additional lane of traffic. But last year39。Jazz Nightly,39。 several wellknown jazz musicians live in Monroe。 thus, the proposed new jazz club in Monroe, the CNote, would have the local market all to itself. Plus, jazz is extremely popular in Monroe: over 100,000 people attended Monroe39。s in order to decrease cheating among students.　Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the remendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the remendation.　　　　The following appeared in an article written by Dr. Karp, an anthropologist.　　Twenty years ago, Dr. Field, a noted anthropologist, visited the island of Tertia and concluded from his observations that children in Tertia were reared by an entire village rather than by their own biological parents. However, my recent interviews with children living in the group of islands that includes Tertia show that these children spend much more time talking about their biological parents than about other adults in the village. This research of mine proves that Dr. Field39。 under that system, teachers reported an average of thirty cases of cheating per year. In the first year the honor code was in place, students reported twentyone cases of cheating。s conclusion about Tertian village culture is invalid and thus that the observationcentered approach to studying cultures is invalid as well. The interviewcentered method that my team of graduate students is currently using in Tertia will establish a much more accurate understanding of childrearing traditions there and in other island cultures.　Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.　　　　　According to a recent report, cheating among college and university students is on the rise. However, Groveton College has successfully reduced student cheating by adopting an honor code, which calls for students to agree not to cheat in their academic endeavors and to notify a faculty member if they suspect that others have cheated. Groveton39。s recent success with callin advice programming, and citing a nationwide survey indicating that many radio listeners are quite interested in such programs, the station manager of KICK in Medway remends that KICK include more callin advice programs in an attempt to gain a larger audience share in its listening area.　　　Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the remendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the remendation.　　　　　　The following is a memorandum from the business manager of a television station.　　Over the past year, our latenight news program has devoted increased time to national news and less time to weather and local news. During this time period, most of the plaints received from viewers were concerned with our station39。s coverage of weather and local news. In addition, local businesses that used to advertise during our latenight news program have canceled their advertising contracts with us. Therefore, in order to attract more viewers to our news programs and to avoid losing any further advertising revenues, we should expand our coverage of weather and local news on all our news programs.　Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.　　　　　Two years ago, radio station WCQP in Rockville decided to increase the number of callin advice programs that it broadcast。s smell. In response, the state has recently announced plans to clean up Mason River. Use of the river for water sports is, therefore, sure to increase. The city government should for that reason devote more money in this year39。 to refer to either butter or margarine.　　Write a response in which you discuss one or more alternative explanations that could rival the proposed explanation and explain how your explanation(s) can plausibly account for the facts presented in the argument.　　　In surveys Mason City residents rank water sports (swimming, boating, and fishing) among their favorite recreational activities. The Mason River flowing through the city is rarely used for these pursuits, however, and the city park department devotes little of its budget to maintaining riverside recreational facilities. For years there have been plaints from residents about the quality of the river39。 as a result, Omega graduates have not been as successful at getting jobs as have graduates from