MUET ASSIGNMENT 1

Theme: Education Question: Should Students Pursue Higher Education?

Introduction Paragraph
The introduction is started with a quote.

Example:
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." Benjamin Franklin.

Thesis Statement (Ths)

An analysis on the value of higher education and the rates of return on investment to both the individual and to society.

Example:

The risk is especially large for low-income families who have a difficult time making ends meet without the additional burden of college tuition and fees. In order to determine whether higher education is worth the investment, it is useful to examine what is known about the value of higher education and the rates of return on investment to both the individual and to society.

Topic Sentence 1 (TS1)

The training of a human mind is not complete without education.

Supporting Details (SD)

a. b. Education makes man ideas have background and supporting facts to whatever theories he has. We are capable of making sound decisions when we have resourceful information.

Example:
The first is that the training of a human mind is not complete without education.

Topic Sentence 2 (TS2)

Enabled to receive information from the external world; to acquaint us with past history and receive all necessary information regarding the present.

Supporting Details (SD)

a. Allows students to learn vast amounts of information; everything from social behaviors of people in Turkey to the meaning of life, and to the habitation of the African Claw Frog.

Example:

And the second is that only through the attainment of education, are we enabled to receive information from the external world; to acquaint us with past history and receive all necessary information regarding the present.

Topic Sentence 3 (TS3)

A great tool for our self enhancement.

Supporting Details (SD)

a. b. It gives us a sneak peek at the cultures and values of the world. By learning about others values make us able to perform at our best latter in our life contributing to sound political, business related or economic decisions. It also gives us the readiness to work internationally or even locally in a diverse work force.

c.

Example:
Education is a great tool for our self enhancement.

Topic Sentences 4 (TS4)

The exact value of your education.

Supporting Details (SD)

a. In the past, finishing high school was a great achievement and looked great on a job application. But these days, just finishing high school opens up some doors, but not many. On the contrary, not going to school can result in higher unemployment and therefore a means for extra burden on the society. With most labor jobs and non-degree employment being cut in the workforce, it is almost essential that we obtain a higher education in order to make it.

b. c.

Example:
It is difficult to see the exact value of your education in the beginning.

Topic Sentence 5 (TS5)

A higher education opens up opportunities for people.

Supporting Details (SD)

a. b. It gives student the experience and the confidence that they will be able to use in many life situations. Attending university gives students opportunities to express themselves and to learn about other people and their ideas.

Example:

University graduates also enjoy benefits beyond increased income and better quality employment. A higher education opens up opportunities for people.

Topic Sentence 6 (TS6)

Give a person confidence in the way that they view their abilities later in life.

Supporting Details (SD)

a. A 1998 report published by the Institute for Higher Education Policy reviews "the individual benefits that university graduates enjoy, including higher levels of saving, increased personal/professional mobility, improved quality of life for their offspring, better consumer decision making, and more hobbies and leisure activities" (Institute for Higher Education Policy, 1998).

Example:

Higher education often gives people confidence later in life when they are dealing with the public. It can give a person confidence in the way that they view their abilities later in life.

Topic Sentence 7 (TS7)

A positive correlation between completion of higher education and good health, not only for oneself, but also for one's children.

Supporting Details (SD)

a. In fact, parental schooling levels (after controlling for differences in earnings) are positively correlated with the health status of their children and increased schooling (and higher relative income) are correlated with lower mortality rates for given age brackets (Cohn and Geske, 1992).

Example:
Research has also consistently shown a positive correlation between completion of higher education and good health, not only for oneself, but also for one's children.

Conclusion Paragraph
The conclusion ends with a question.

Example:
In conclusion, education fills up the empty ignorant minds to bring about positive changes, which affect individuals, society, nations and then the world as a whole. Until we learn, we don't know the benefit of learning; until we achieve knowledge we don't realize how ignorant we were. The world without education would be a world full of disorder. Therefore, to be successful in this life we must carry on the pursuit of enhancing our skills and knowledge through the virtue of education. Now the only topic left up to debate is who is going to foot the bill?

Interesting/Difficult Words
1) Word: Hindsight [hahynd-sahyt] Meaning: Recognition of the realities, possibilities, or requirement of a situation, event, decision etc., after its occurrence. Sentence: They say you can see everything in hindsight. 2) Word: Nonchalant [non-shuh-lahnt] Meaning: Behaving in a calm and relaxed way. Sentence: Due to my lack of wisdom as a teenager and nonchalant attitude towards everything, I am behind.

3) Word: Forgone [fawr-goh] Meaning: To give up, renounce, or resign. Sentence: I think that at some point in our lives, we all have a time when we wished we had taken advantage of an opportunity forgone. 4) Word: Accumulation [uh-kyoo-myuh-ley-shuhn] Meaning: Growth by continuous additions Sentence: Many wonder whether the high cost of tuition, the opportunity cost of choosing college over full-time employment, and the accumulation of thousands of dollars of debt is, in the long run, worth the investment.

5) Word: Overshadow [oh-ver-shad-oh] Meaning: To be more important or significant by comparison. Sentence: Is the cost of education overshadowing its benefits? 6) Word: Forethought [fawr-thawt] Meaning: A thinking of something beforehand. Sentence: That is not to say that people who do not go to college don't make accurate decisions, but when you are exposed to different ways of thinking and other perspectives, you are more likely to make a decision based on some forethought. 7) Word: Attainment [uh-teyn-muhnt] Meaning: Acquirement; achievement. Sentence: And the second is that only through the attainment of education, are we enabled to receive information from the external world; to acquaint us with past history and receive all necessary information regarding the present.

8) Word: Enhance [en-hans] Meaning: To raise to a higher degree. Sentence: Additionally, university attendance has been shown to decrease prejudice, enhance knowledge of world affairs and enhance social status while increasing economic and job security for those who earn bachelor's degrees. 9) Word: Latter [lat-er] Meaning: Being the second mentioned of two; more advanced in time; near or comparatively near to the end, obsolete. Sentence: By learning about others values make us able to perform at our best latter in our life contributing to sound political, business related or economic decisions; it also gives us the readiness to work internationally or even locally in a diverse work force.

10) Word: Legitimate [li-jit-uh-mit; li-jit-uh-meyt] Meaning: According to law; in accordance with established rules, principles, standards, or laws of reasoning. Sentence: There is a legitimate public purpose in educating young people to be good citizens. 11) Word: Emphasis [em-fuh-sis] Meaning: Something that is given great stress or importance. Sentence: But these are relatively minor goals, despite their emphasis in the public debate over education.

12) Word: Prejudice [prej-uh-dis] Meaning: An unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. Sentence: Additionally, university attendance has been shown to decrease prejudice, enhance knowledge of world affairs and enhance social status while increasing economic and job security for those who earn bachelor's degrees. 13) Word: Correlation [kawr-uh-ley-shuhn] Meaning: Mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc. Sentence: Research has also consistently shown a positive correlation between completion of higher education and good health, not only for oneself, but also for one's children.

14) Word: Virtue [vur-choo] Meaning: Conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude; moral excellence; a good or admirable quality or property. Sentence: Therefore, to be successful in this life we must carry on the pursuit of enhancing our skills and knowledge through the virtue of education.

Idiomatic Expression
1) Idiom: Making ends meet Meaning: To survive financially. Sentence: The risk is especially large for low-income families who have a difficult time making ends meet without the additional burden of college tuition and fees. In order to determine whether higher education is worth the investment, it is useful to examine what is known about the value of higher education and the rates of return on investment to both the individual and to society.

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