brain exercise: you are starting a company. you are going to invest your life - savings of $800,000. it is…

brain exercise: you are starting a company. you are going to invest your life - savings of $800,000. it is important that you hire people who are critical thinkers or your business will fail. you decide to ask them this question and then hire the person with the best answer.\nbig picture: is requiring a test for doctors, pilots, or lawyers the same as requiring a test to graduate high school? why or why not?\nmike: no it is not because those test can affect our health, life, and how we get justice. if they don’t pass our health, and life can be at risk. a test for high - school students is just to see what we’ve learned and determines how well we’ve paid attention and how well the teacher teaches.\nsury: it is definitely the same thing because taking that test shows that you know the basic skills to get you ready for college.\nrobert: yes, it’s the same, because as an employer, you want someone who’s qualified, not someone who has a pseudo diploma because they lack the skills that their diploma should show.\nlisa: i think it would be the same because i wouldn’t want to make the test a thing because people might get nervous or not think clearly causing them to fail and not receive a diploma that’s going to make their life harder in the real world for example getting a job.\njames: no testing to graduate high school cannot be compared with board tests for doctors, pilots, or lawyers. those very important jobs need testing because those jobs play with people’s lives. if a pilot didn’t know anything, people would die the same as doctors. high - school is just preparing us to get a degree. if a student did not pass cahsee students should still get their diploma. they could deal with that problem in college if they don’t understand anything.\njenny: no, requiring a test for doctors, pilots, or lawyers is not the same as requiring a test to graduate high school.\nquestions:\n1. who made the most sense for you? the person who made sense\n2. who made the least sense?\n3. who would you hire first?\nwhy? in other words, how did she or he convince you?\n4. does everyone in your group agree?

brain exercise: you are starting a company. you are going to invest your life - savings of $800,000. it is important that you hire people who are critical thinkers or your business will fail. you decide to ask them this question and then hire the person with the best answer.\nbig picture: is requiring a test for doctors, pilots, or lawyers the same as requiring a test to graduate high school? why or why not?\nmike: no it is not because those test can affect our health, life, and how we get justice. if they don’t pass our health, and life can be at risk. a test for high - school students is just to see what we’ve learned and determines how well we’ve paid attention and how well the teacher teaches.\nsury: it is definitely the same thing because taking that test shows that you know the basic skills to get you ready for college.\nrobert: yes, it’s the same, because as an employer, you want someone who’s qualified, not someone who has a pseudo diploma because they lack the skills that their diploma should show.\nlisa: i think it would be the same because i wouldn’t want to make the test a thing because people might get nervous or not think clearly causing them to fail and not receive a diploma that’s going to make their life harder in the real world for example getting a job.\njames: no testing to graduate high school cannot be compared with board tests for doctors, pilots, or lawyers. those very important jobs need testing because those jobs play with people’s lives. if a pilot didn’t know anything, people would die the same as doctors. high - school is just preparing us to get a degree. if a student did not pass cahsee students should still get their diploma. they could deal with that problem in college if they don’t understand anything.\njenny: no, requiring a test for doctors, pilots, or lawyers is not the same as requiring a test to graduate high school.\nquestions:\n1. who made the most sense for you? the person who made sense\n2. who made the least sense?\n3. who would you hire first?\nwhy? in other words, how did she or he convince you?\n4. does everyone in your group agree?

Answer

Answer:

  1. James made the most sense.
  2. Sury made the least sense.
  3. I would hire James first. He convincingly pointed out that the jobs of doctors, pilots, and lawyers are crucial as they involve people's lives, so their testing is of high - stakes. In contrast, high - school graduation is mainly for preparing for a degree, and students who don't pass certain tests can still deal with issues in college.
  4. It is not possible to determine if everyone in the group agrees as no information about the group's agreement is provided.

Brief Explanations:

James' answer is well - reasoned, considering the nature of different professions and educational levels. Sury's view that high - school and professional tests are the same is simplistic. James' clear and logical argument makes him a good candidate for hiring. And without group feedback, we can't know about group agreement.