The following appeared in the editorial section of a local newspaper.
“This past winter, 200 students from Waymarsh State College traveled to the state capitol building to protest against proposed cuts in funding for various state college programs. The other 12,000 Waymarsh students evidently weren’t so concerned about their education: they either stayed on campus or left for winter break. Since the group who did not protest is far more numerous, it is more representative of the state’s college students than are the protesters. Therefore the state legislature need not heed the appeals of the protesting students.”
In this argument ,the author concludes that the state legislature need not heed the appeals of the protesting students.To support this opinion , the author points out that the group of students who did not protest is far more numerous.In addition, he also reasons that it is more representative of the state`s college students than are the protesters.At first glance,the argument seems somehow appealing,while a close examination reveals how groundless it is.We do not to look very far to see the invalidity of the argument.The argument is problematic for the following reasons.
In the first place , the arguer assumes that the 12000 students who either stayed on campus or left for winter break were not concerned about their education.However,the author do not provide any evidence to support the assumption.The fact that 200 students took time and effort to traveled to the state capitol building to protest against proposed cuts in funding for various state college programs does not have anything to do with the opinion of the remaining 12000. It is highly possible that the 12000 students are also displeased with the proposed cuts,but too busy to complain. Lacking complete information about the attitudes of all students,the recommendation is completely unfounded.
In the second place, the evidence the author provide is insufficent to reach the conlusion that the state legislature need not heed the appeals of the protesting students. One example is logically unfounded to establish a conlusion.The fact that only 200 students from Waymarsh State College traveled to the state capitol building to protest is not a good indicator of the main trends,unless it can be shown that students from Waymarsh State College are representitiveof all students. It is possible that students in other colleges are satisfied with the proposed cuts and do not show any resentment.In fact, in face of such limited evidence ,the recommendation is highly suspected.
To sum up,it is imprudent for the author to conclude that the state legislature need not heed the appeals of the protesting students.Because the evidence cited in the argument is too weak to lend support to what the author claims.Tomake the argument more convincing,the author should provide evidence that the 12000 who did not travel to complain were not happy with the proposed cuts and the students from the Waymarsh college are representitive of all students in the states.Moreover,I would suspend my judument about the credibility of the recommendation,until the argument provides concrete evidence to rule out all the possibilities I mentioned.
还有差不多一个星期考,大家帮忙看看模版的痕迹是否过重.这篇只找了两个错误,好象有点短.要求好象要400个字.还有个白痴问题, 段首第一个字空几个字符啊?
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