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1.We can usually learn much more from people whose views we share than from people whose views contradict our own.; disagreement can cause stress and inhibit learning. ------------------------------ 2.No field of study can advance significantly unless outsiders bring their knowledge and experience to that field of study. ------------------------------ 3.A nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college rather than allow schools in different parts of the nation to determine which academic courses to offer. ------------------------------ 4. The video camera provides such an accurate and convincing record of contemporary life that it has become a more important form of documentation than written records. ------------------------------ 5. It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public. ------------------------------ 6.Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive, because it is primarily in cities that a nations cultural traditions are preserved and generated. ------------------------------ 7.All nations should help support the development of a global university designed to engage students in the process of solving the worlds most persistent social problems. ------------------------------ 8.Many of the worlds lesser-known languages are being lost as fewer and fewer people speak them. The governments of countries in which these languages are spoken should act to prevent such languages from becoming extinct. ------------------------------ 9.Although many people think that the luxuries and conveniences of contemporary life are entirely harmless, they in fact, prevent people from developing into truly strong and independent individuals. ------------------------------ 10.Most cultures encourage individuals to sacrifice a large part of their own personalities in order to be like other people.