TOEFL TPO -1 Academic Discussion Writing Sample: Directions: Your professor is teaching a class on political science. Write a post responding to the professor’s question. In your response you should:
Express and support your personal opinion.
Make a contribution to the discussion in your own words.
An effective response will contain at least 100 words.
Dr. Gupta
As I mentioned in class, governments make public policies to describe their responses to various problems that affect a community. Part of this process involves setting and defending priorities about which issues deserve the most attention and resources. For example, governments need to decide whether they should spend more money on education or on environmental protections. If you were a policy maker, which issue would you argue is more important—education or environmental protections? Why? • LingoLeap