This document discusses whether school uniforms should be compulsory. It states that in schools with both rich and poor students, if uniforms are not required, wealthy students will wear expensive fashionable clothes while poor students can only afford basic clothes. This would isolate the poor students and make them feel sad. Therefore, the document concludes that school uniforms should be compulsory in order to promote equality among students and prevent isolation of poor students.

1. ASSUMPTION
Melting Pot
Chapter 5

2. School uniform
be compulsory?
In every school there are rich and poor
students. Students from affluent families, if
allowed to wear whatever they like, will put
on expensive, trendy outfits while poor
students can only afford cheap, basic
clothes. Therefore, the former will isolate
the latter which makes poor students very
sad.
Therefore, school uniforms should
be compulsory.

3. Unstated
01
02
03
What ...
is an
assumption?
Influential to conclusion
Support explicit reasoning

4. What ... is an assumption?
Value assumption
Descriptive
assumption
what the author takes for
granted
preference for one value
over another
EQUALITY
INDIVIDUALITY
All rich students are mean
There are mean and nice
students regardless of status
Definitional assumption

5. Why should we learn about it?
Mutual understanding Persuasive “stories”

6. How to identify assumptions?
1
Background
* Not necessarily
consistent with value
2
Reason
Support/dismiss
values
3
Role-play
What would those
disagreeing say?
4
one vs all
Individual rights vs
group’s welfare
Value
Assumption

7. How to identify assumptions?
1
Author’s
perspective
2
Gap
How reason lead to
conclusion?
3 4
Unstated
ideas
What must we
implicitly accept?
Descriptive
Assumption
Background Role-play
What would those
disagreeing say?

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listening!