Meghna

In an attempt to improve highway safety, Prunty County last year lowered its speed limit from 55 to 45 miles per hour on all county highways. But this effort has failed: the number of accidents has not decreased, and, based on reports by the highway patrol, many drivers are exceeding the speed limit. Prunty County should instead undertake the same kind of road improvement project that Butler County completed five years ago: increasing lane widths, resurfacing rough highways, and improving visibility at dangerous intersections. Today, major Butler County roads still have a 55 mph speed limit, yet there were 25 percent fewer reported accidents in Butler County this past year than there were five years ago. Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument. The author's argument presented above that Pruny county should undertake same kind of road improvement project that Butler County completed five years ago in an attempt to improve highway safety, can't be followed through until some evidences are presented. First of all, just because the accident percentages have gone down in Butler county in last year after the improvement does not necessarily mean that the same will happen in Pruny county. The accidents happening at Pruny county might not be because of the same reasons as Butler county, which were the narrow lane widths, rough highways and low visibility at dangerous intersections to name a few. The lanes in Pruny county might be wide enough to support the vehicles but there could be many other reasons for the accidents like lack of proper traffic system in the county or the condition of the roadsides, etc. The author should present some evidences that show the similarity between the Butler county and Pruny county then only the argument will make sense. Secondly, the accidents should be carefully studied case by case to extrapolate the causes which would lead to an improvement plan and if the causes comes down to the condition of rough highways or accidents at the intersection or lane widths then surely Pruny county could follow Butler county's improvement plan but until then the arugement does not amount to much as it is not backed up by the evidence. Also the highway patrol report showing that many drivers are exceeding the speed limit should be a factor to be worked upon in improving the highway safety. Stict laws should be enforced upon the drivers who exceed the speed limit as this could be a major reason for accidents even though lowering the limit did not work, enforcing strict punishment could. In conclusion, the argument presented above lacks major evidences to back it up and prove that the improvement plans of Butler county will surely be beneficial to Pruny county. Many details about the comparison of the two counties and reason for the accidents could be mentioned which could weaken the argument.

The surest indicator of a great nation is represented not by the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but by the general welfare of its people. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position. I agree with the statement given above that the surest indicator of a great nation is represented not by the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but by the general welfare of its people. Any nation is formed by its people, in a way the soul of a nation is its people. They are what define the united country and not the borders. If they're not happy or taken care of then what's the point of being a country. Its not all about the who produces the maximum talent worldwide or who has most engineers and doctors but in which country people feel safe and happy to live in. In recent century, many of the countries have adopted democratic rule i.e. by the people for the people and to the people. The basic idea of democracy is that any country is formed by the people, it should be run by its people and it should work for them. Nations that follow this rule become great in the process. But this does not mean that the talented and hardworking people are not required in the country for it to prosper and thrive. For any country to be good in general welfare of its people needs to be economically strong. This requires great leaders and rulers who are tactful and civil at the same time. This contradicts the statement but the point remains that the overall development of a nation to greatness lies in the good welfare of the people which cannot be achieved without having great lawmakers and enforcers. Any nation requires great rulers, scientist and artists to grow and flourish which in turn woud benefit people. Although the former is true it does not guarantee the latter in some cases which has dictator as a ruler which does what is best for the nation which sometimes does not align with the needs of common people. But generally this is not the case. In conclusion, the statement above makes sense that any nation who wants to achieve greatness should make general welfare of the people a top priority while promoting the talent of the nation and great rulers. I would be extremely grateful if somebody could score my essay and help improve upon it. please!