GRE essay
Pool of Issue Topics
4. Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
(+) scandals focus public’s attention on problems Poisonous milk scandal in China: melamine Vedan environmental scandal in Vietnam: discharge untreated water into Thi Vai River Coca-Cola tax evasion scandal
(Rebuttal) to say that the prb became the focus of attention is probably to sat something that is true enough but miss the crucial points.
(Specific: Vedan) attention is not focused on any underlying problems inherent in legislation/ Gov/ environmental management that enables that kind of wrong-doing perpetuate.
(-) Scandal could be harmful: dig out ppl’s private life which has nothing to do with their works lead to unnecessary troubles.
Ex. Bill Clinton: zipper/ Lewinsky scandal: he was nearly dislodged from the president. But he turned out to be great president who left office with a highest end-of-office approval rating.
Ex. The famous and infamous Charles Stuart Parnell - who fighted against the British for Ireland’s right to self-determination. He was leading political figure of his time but was ruined by a love affair/ romantic liaison to Catholic Ireland. The scandal served nothing except distracting attention from significant problems of this time and affecting negatively the movement he initiated.
(-) Experts or speaker can also keep people’s attention to some things
Ex. Martin Luther King, one of the principal leaders of the American civil rights movement and a prominent advocate of nonviolent protest. King’s challenges to segregation and racial discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s helped convince many white Americans to support the cause
4. Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
(+) scandals focus public’s attention on problems Poisonous milk scandal in China: melamine Vedan environmental scandal in Vietnam: discharge untreated water into Thi Vai River Coca-Cola tax evasion scandal
(Rebuttal) to say that the prb became the focus of attention is probably to sat something that is true enough but miss the crucial points.
(Specific: Vedan) attention is not focused on any underlying problems inherent in legislation/ Gov/ environmental management that enables that kind of wrong-doing perpetuate.
(-) Scandal could be harmful: dig out ppl’s private life which has nothing to do with their works lead to unnecessary troubles.
Ex. Bill Clinton: zipper/ Lewinsky scandal: he was nearly dislodged from the president. But he turned out to be great president who left office with a highest end-of-office approval rating.
Ex. The famous and infamous Charles Stuart Parnell - who fighted against the British for Ireland’s right to self-determination. He was leading political figure of his time but was ruined by a love affair/ romantic liaison to Catholic Ireland. The scandal served nothing except distracting attention from significant problems of this time and affecting negatively the movement he initiated.
(-) Experts or speaker can also keep people’s attention to some things
Ex. Martin Luther King, one of the principal leaders of the American civil rights movement and a prominent advocate of nonviolent protest. King’s challenges to segregation and racial discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s helped convince many white Americans to support the cause