Claim: Colleges and universities should specify all required courses and eliminate elective courses in order to provide clear guidance for students.Reason: College students—like people in general—prefer to follow directions rather than make their own deci

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Claim: Colleges and universities should specify all required courses and eliminate elective courses in order to provide clear guidance for students.

Reason: College students—like people in general—prefer to follow directions rather than make their own decisions.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.

On a busy New York intersection 50 people are waiting to cross the street. The light is still red but one man looks left and right and with no cars coming starts to cross the street ignoring the red sign. All of a sudden others, seemingly without thinking, start crossing too. It is a statistic fact that human are followers. You can see it in many daily events like the example above. But does this mean people prefer to be a follower in all aspects of life? Should we eliminate their opportunity to choose?

The reason upon which this claim is based is very unsubstantiated. To recommend colleg...

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