Editor: When asked to name a poet contemporaneous with Shakespeare, 60 percent of high school students picked a twentieth-century poet. Admittedly, it is hard to interpret this result accurately. Does it show that most high school students do not know any poets of Shakespeare' s era, or do they just not know what "contemporaneous" means? However, either way, there is clearly something deeply wrong with the educational system. The statement that the majority of students picked a twentieth-century poet functions primarily in the argument
A: as evidence that something is deeply wrong with the educational system
B: as evidence that the educational system is producing students who are ignorant of the history of poetry
C: as evidence of the ambiguity of some questions
D: to illustrate that research results are difficult to interpret
Choose A, B, C or D as your solution.
A