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@tyanna_selena@sirnotlyh this could have been avoided by mentioning “paternal” or “maternal” uncle… or say that the said sister was the only sibling of the uncle
@tyanna_selena@sirnotlyh right, and what they’re missing is that we are using what the question provided.. the problem is that the question provided ambiguous information
@tas_wirl@sirnotlyh reducing this to overthinking is undermining the readers’ critical thinking abilities. it’s called critical for that very reason of analyzing, interpreting etc. also, one could say her marriage was mentioned to indicate who “Mrs” Smith is
@tas_wirl@sirnotlyh i get what you’re saying, but now we’re going off a tangent about the terminology of uncles vs uncles-in-law. going back to the original question, the information given is open to multiple inferences. two things can be right, that’s all i’m saying
@tas_wirl@sirnotlyh in day to day life yes, but in the context of this question on a exam, not necessarily. even one of the multiple choice answers has the concept of “in-law”
@NoelKaliah The point is, again, that the information given has inferences for both B and C to be correct. This is a mental ability question right, we have to use logic from the limited info given. Logically, Mrs. Smith could be either Dain’s aunt or Dain’s mother
@sirnotlyh They didn’t state whether it’s his maternal or paternal uncle. (stating that the uncle only has one sister, doesn’t rule out the uncle having a brother which would then be Dain’s father , making the sister in question Dain’s aunt) so the answer still could be C or B
@NoelKaliah but for B we’re adding a hypothetical factor that the uncle that we’re talking about is Dain’s maternal uncle… Dain’s paternal uncle could also have only one sister. the point being we can’t rule out which side of the family the uncle is from solely from the information given
@NoelKaliah this is why the question is poorly worded. if the examiner intends for B (mother) to be the only correct answer, it should explicitly say “His uncle has only one sibling, his sister” otherwise C (aunt) remains a logically valid interpretation of the information given
@NoelKaliah you’re right that we should use only the information given, but the info given “only has one sister” still doesn’t explicitly rule out the uncle having no brothers
@sirnotlyh Not exactly, “Dain has only one uncle” doesn’t rule out the uncle having one brother, which would be Dain’s father. In this case Dain still has no other uncles
However it does rule out what I said about “any amount of brothers”. Instead I should have said up to 1 brother
@DuncanAdley@RushCam exactly! rules shouldn’t be arbitrary - they should serve a specific purpose (and no, that purpose can’t simply be to maintain discipline/“capacity to conform”). it should be that discipline stems from rational rules, not that rules are created solely to instill discipline
rules are important to bring order to society but rules should be logical for the context. maybe instead of nitpicking non-academic conformity (hair, length of dress, etc), J’can schools could focusing more on holistic discipline & things that boosts students academic performance