[a习作temp] argument 9 求拍 [复制链接]

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发表于 2011-2-28 23:46:16 |只看该作者 |倒序浏览

TOPIC: ARGUMENT9 - The following appeared in a memorandum from a dean at Omega University.

"Fifteen years ago, Omega University implemented a new procedure that encouraged students to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of all their professors. Since that time, Omega professors have begun to assign higher grades in their classes, and overall student grade averages at Omega have risen by thirty percent. Potential employers apparently believe the grades at Omega are inflated; this would explain why Omega graduates have not been as successful at getting jobs as have graduates from nearby Alpha University. To enable its graduates to secure better jobs, Omega University should now terminate student evaluation of professors."
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TIME: 00:27:23
DATE: 2011/2/28 19:35:13

In this argument, the arguer advocates that Omega University should terminate student evaluation of professors. To strengthen this conclusion, the author points out that since students began to evaluate their professors, they begun to assign higher grades and that score must be inflated. The author also cites that Omega graduates have not be successful at job hunting because potential employers don't believe Omega graduates' score. The argument might be somehow reasonable at first glance, but close scrutiny reveals that it is ill-conceived. The reasons are stated as follows.
To begin with, the author assumes that students evaluating their professors are the cause of their higher grades. Although it is entire possible, the author offers no evidence to substantiate this assumption. It's possible that the higher grades have nothing to do with the evaluation. An appropriate example is not very difficult to seek: Omega professors began to use a new teaching method which makes their students understand more quickly and so that they could get a better score. Moreover, the arguer does not show exactly how high did these students get. Even though the number of percentage is big, the score might be small. It is possible that students' average score raise from 30 to 39. For that matter, the arguer can not convince me that professors gave students higher score to earn better evaluation.
Secondly, the author assumes that potential employers believe the grades at Omega are inflated. Nevertheless, there is no guarantee that is necessarily the case, and the author does not afford any evidence to confirm this assumption. It is quite possible that Omega students are not as good as Alpha University. To illustrate this point clearly, an example is stated as follows: Omega rank 30 and Alpha University rank 1, students in Alpha University are more talented and receive better education than Omega, so employers would rather hire Alpha University students than Omega students. Without ruling out such possible phenomenon, the arguer cannot bolster the recommendation.
Thirdly, even if the evidence turns out to support the foregoing assumptions, the author just simply recommend that terminate student evaluation of professors will enable its graduates to secure better jobs. Nevertheless, no strong evidence is provided to affirm his assumption. It's quite possible that after terminate student evaluation, professors feel no pressure and lead their class teaching worse and worse. Or perhaps implemented a procedure encourage professors to evaluate professors might be better. To make the conclusion more convincing, the author must explain either why none of these alternatives is available or why none of them is able to sustain.
To sum up, the arguer's recommendation that Omega University should terminate student evaluation of professors is not well supported as it stands. In order to draw a better conclusion, the author must provide more evidence and take every possible consideration in to account.

[a习作temp] argument 9 求拍 [复制链接]

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