ARGUMENT ANALYSIS

“Bayside citizens need to consider raising local taxes if they want to see improvements in the bay side school district. Test scores, graduation and college admission rates and a number of other indicators have long made it clear that bayside school district is doing a poor job educating the youth. Our school looks rundown. Windows are broken, bathrooms unusable, classroom equipment hopelessly out of date. Yet just across the bay, in New Harbor, school facilities are up-to-date and in good condition. The difference is money; new harbor spends twenty seven percent more per student than Bayside does, and test scores and other indicators of student performance are stronger in New Harbor as well.”



Analyzing the problem the root cause can observed very easily i.e. lack of resources. There could be many probable reasons for lack of funds to the school. Probably the people of the district may not be earning much due to which they pay less taxes hence low income to the district and finally less amount is spent on education of the students. Paying extra taxes would mean extra burden on those who earn less. If we know that existing taxes are not fulfilling the needs of district the central government could provide monitory help to the district. This would mean the residents of the district don’t have to pay extra taxes and the education system will also improve. Another angle to the cause of the problem could be that enough funds are coming to the school but the administration does not utilize the funds judiciously.
Most of the funds of an institute are devoted to maintenance of the infrastructure. Shortage of funds would obviously mean degradation of the infrastructural facilities. No doubt the school would look rundown. Problems like broken windows, unusable bathrooms, hopelessly out of dated classroom equipments will have to be faced. These problems are short-term, as soon as money comes to the disposal of the authorities these can be mended in a couple of hours.
Now, coming to the academic record of the school. The basic criteria of judging a school is its students test scores and college admission rates; more admissions to college from that school will improve the social image of the school. Again the bayside school district has failed to give good performance in this sector of education. Growth of any community is solely dependent on how educated the people of that community are if they are highly qualified then the community will catch popularity very fast or else it will be like any other unnoticed one. Students will study further only when they develop interest in some particular field; that interest development is to some extent dependent on well that teacher teaches or how interesting the subject becomes because of the teacher? Surprisingly the teachers at Bayside school district probably have not been able to teach the students very well as very few students opted to pursue further studies.
Comparing the Bay side school and the new harbor school, New Harbor is doing better than Bay Side because they are having more funds. The new harbor school is spending more money than the Bay side school. The teachers are using the infrastructure in a much more efficient manner as all the indicators show satisfactory response.
The Bay Side school district should figure out a long term solution to their problem and hence educate students in an even better manner. The Youth are assent to a country if utilized in a proper manner.