0910AW 同主题写作第二期 ARGUMENT242 by akong

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The statement seems round to claim that the same honor code will be useful because of its testified utilization in Grovetom's. But the fact is the claim is not grounded to present a perfect reason to show that the same system can be effective and prevent students from cheating.

First of all. Groventon's honor is executed by calling for students not to cheat. But can it be useful under a circumstance that the cheating phenomenon has being so serious? Can the promise made by students be truly , or just indulge a worse consequence by giving an even more convenient condition to cheat? As everybody knows, score has been the most essential standard to weigh the ability of a student, which may directly relates to scholarship and the graduation, all of them will try best to improve the score level, via either studying hard or cheating. More investigations which focus on the merit value of students need to be conducted, since the major reason of cheating is morality.

Secondly, the statistic shows that the number of cheating has been decreased from thirty cases to twenty-one then to fourteen. Obviously, the author treats this declination as a good consequence of the honor code, but is it really true? The statement mentioned that the teachers are used to be the monitor of the cheat, which is quite close, but under such a close monitor the cheating cannot be avoided, can we just conclude that the promise can be trusted? Maybe students who promise the honor code but conceal the real phenomenon of the cheating, if they establish a good 'cooperation' among themselves, the cheating will not be revealed and the statistics apparently decreased. Statistic can be a reference, but as a evident, it should be investigated deeper and closer.

Moreover, the survey can actually insure nothing. What the scale of it? Can be assured authentic? And the most important point is can the promise can be trusted? If the students among which the survey conducted are those outstanding ones, the answer is definitely yes, since they have never cheated before, not mention to infringe the regulation after such a honor code. On the contrary ,if it is another part of the students, the answer should not be trusted, either, since this kind of promise is not that trustworthy. Therefore, there should be provided more information about the survey to strengthen the persuasion.

In sum, the whole statement are sound reasonable but lacks the basic evidence to support its point be cogent, because the most essential part of this phenomenon--the morality of students can never be assured. Therefore many other elements need to be added and more details presented to certify the positive consequence of the honor code.