Academic Argument Essay Writing Skills
A basic outline of a two-sided essay
Two-sided Argument Outline |
Introduction |
General |
Specific |
Outline & thesis statement |
Main Body |
YES
|
NO
|
Conclusion |
Summary |
Thesis |
Recommendations for the future |
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Example:
Two-sided Argument Outline |
Introduction |
General: Parents educate children at home |
Specific: Some children find it difficult to fit in school system |
Outline & thesis statement:Look at the arguments for and against / Better to be educated at school |
Main Body |
YES 1) Better potential
2) Protection
Concluding sentence: School can prevent learning taking place |
NO 1) isolation
2) More resources & equipment
3) Expertise
Concluding sentence: difficult to draw boundaries and affect independence |
Conclusion |
Summary:Home education = concentration and protection. Schools = socialising, resources, professional teaching. |
Thesis: Greater benefits from going to school. |
Recommendations for the future: Severely-disabled children = home education. |
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Essay
Should parents educate their children at home.
In Britain some parents are now choosing to educate their children at home. This is often because some children find it difficult to fit into the school system because they are especially gifted or have problems of some kind. However, despite the various arguments that have been put forward for home tutoring, this essay will argue that it is better for a child to be educated at school.
Teaching children at home has a number of advantages. Firstly, parents feel that their children will be able to realise their potential better if they can work at their own rate and concentrate on specific subjects. For example, there have been cases of children who have gone to university as young as twelve or thirteen because they are especially gifted and have opted out of the school system. Parents feel that they will also be able to protect their children from harmful influences they may encounter at school if they keep them at home. Problems such as truancy and drugs are common and adolescents particularly can be led astray by their peers. Thus, school can prevent learning from taking place effectively.
However, there are also arguments in support of sending children to school rather than educating them at home. First of all, children are isolated at home. At school, on the other hand, they are able to socialise and meet people of different ages and so become increasingly independent. Children also need their peers to do subjects like sports and drama. Another important point is that schools have more resources and equipment than can be provided at home such as libraries, sports equipment and laboratories for science experiments. A final argument is that school can offer a much wider range of subjects and expertise than parents can provide on their own. Parents would need to have a whole range of professional knowledge in science subjects like physics and chemistry to English literature and economics. It is also questionable whether parents could keep a disciplined study atmosphere at home because of the friendly family atmosphere. In sum, home tuition can affect social independence and fail to provide the correct resources and professional teaching.
To sum up, it seems that education at school is preferable to learning at home. Although home education aids concentration and protection, it limits socialising, availability of resources and professional teaching. There may be particular cases where home tutoring would be advantageous, such as for severely disabled children; however, for the vast majority of children there are greater benefits from going to school.
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