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Argumentative Research Paper

Outline

Hook

High school learning is one of the most essential levels of education. It is imperative for all
students to attain comprehensive high school education.

Background
The main priority of students and teachers at the high school level is to ensure that the students
graduate and have the right grades to move to college. The quality of education in high school
depends on many factors such as the availability of sufficient resources

Thesis (issue/ opinion/ reasons)

Overpopulation in the high schools hinders that attainment of quality education through
competition for learning resources, high indiscipline levels, and insufficiency of teachers despite
the fact that it promotes the building of social relations among students.

Reason 1
Overpopulation results in the insufficiency of resources in the schools for students.

Evidence Supporting Reason 1

It is apparent that all students require enough learning material to excel (Harber& Davies, 2006).

Explain How Evidence Supports Your Reason1

In most school environments, the students depend on library material for external research
regarding their classwork.
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Reason 2

Overpopulation in the school could also lead to high levels of indiscipline.

Evidence Supporting Reason 2

hideous students are likely to carry out mischief without the knowledge of the teachers
(Tumbwebaze, 2011).

Explain How Evidence Supports Your Reason 2

It is also easier for such behavior to spread to the other students. Increase in cases of indiscipline
could end up affecting the performance of the students.

Reason 3

Overcrowding also results in the insufficiency in teachers.

Evidence Supporting Reason 3

This implies that a teacher should teach a class with enough students who are accessible
(Mulkeen, 2009).

Explain How Evidence Supports Your Reason 3

more students in the school demand for more teachers in order to maintain a reasonable ratio of
students to teachers in the classrooms.
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Counter-Argument – Why Do People Think You’re Wrong?

Most critics of this premise argue that having many students in the school helps the students to
develop social relationships. They claim that social relationships are as important in the lives of
the students as the attainment of quality grades.

Rebuttal – Why Is the Opposing View Wrong or Weak?

overpopulation has a significant impact on the attainment of quality grades by the high school
students. Overpopulation makes it difficult for the students to share the available learning
resources at the school. Students not only depend on the course learning materials to excel but
also on external research.

Evidence Supporting Your Reason

these groups of people also believe that overpopulation does not have a direct effect on the
attainment of quality by the students (Hughes, 2012).

Explain How the Evidence Supports your Reason

They believe that setting up effective programs could help the students to achieve quality grades
regardless of the overcrowding situation. They argue that the schools should coordinate the
available teachers and other resources to ensure that they are used maximally by the students
through groups.

Conclusion – Restate Your Thesis in Different Words

apparent that overpopulation has a significant impact on the attainment of quality grades by the
high school students. Overpopulation makes it difficult for the students to share the available
learning resources at the school.
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Closing Thought / Call to Action

Eventually, this compromises the ability of the students to achieve quality grades. Seemingly,
overpopulation results in the insufficiency of teachers in the school. Teachers are central to the
performance of students. This is because teachers are responsible for providing the appropriate
learning instructions to the students. Apart from this, the teachers also interact with the
students to offer guidelines and monitor their conduct to instill a high-performance culture. The
presence of many students makes this impossible since the teachers need to handle many
students at the same time. Therefore, they do not get ample time to focus on the academic
growth of individual students