Question

Select the most effective counter-argument to the statement below.

With diminishing school budgets, gym class is not as important as core courses.

A)Core courses build an essential knowledge base, used beyond high school.

B)It would not make sense to eliminate science, but keep gym class.

C)Gym classes allow students to maintain mental and physical health and serve to support academics.

D)Gym classes are fun outlets for students and, with a growing obesity epidemic, shouldn't be cut.

Answer 1

Gym classes allow students to maintain mental and physical health and serve to support academics

Answer 2

The most effective counter argument to the statement "With diminishing school budgets, gym class is not as important as core courses" is the following one:

C)Gym classes allow students to maintain mental and physical health and serve to support academics.

A counter argument is used when one wants to express his or her disagreement towards a certain point of view. However, a counter argument also aims at trying to make someone change his or her mind by providing supposedly better arguments to address a certain issue or topic.

Therefore, by pointing out the mental and physical benefits that gym classes bring, one is, in other words, saying that they are indeed important and must not be regarded as inferior to other subjects nor should they be considered as an option when it comes to cutting costs.