issue 同主题写作第四类 8月18-19日

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Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.  

With the development of modern mass media, scandals are almost ubiquitous.  Hardly can a day go by without some news reporting scandals involving high-profiles politicians, athletes or movie stars.  While it is true that scandals often attract public attention and may expose certain problems, I do not believe that they are useful in solving social problems as they often focus public attention on the wrong issues and can hardly maintain public attention for a sufficiently long time. After elaborating these two points, I will also address the argument that scandals can usefully create pressure for the government to introduce reforms.  


To begin with, the attention from the public after a scandal does not necessarily focus on the right issue.(points the main point) Take the Clinton scandal and impeachment for example. (Information about the scandal) With the release of Starr report, the Clinton scandal has attracted the national and even international media attention. But the majority of American people seem to find it more interesting to talk about whether or not President Clinton had sex with Monica Lewinsky.(Further explanation about the information) They would even get into the debate over whether oral sex would count as sex. (More information)But the real issue that should capture public attention is whether or not the President had lied and still deserved the trust of American people. (Elaboration)With the media always interested in reporting sensational news, the Clinton scandal failed to focus public attention on the right issue and therefore was not very useful for the development of American politics. (Elaborate the main point in the context of academic studies)


In addition, when a scandal is involved in powerful corporation, a professional public relations team will very quickly take actions to address the crisis and divert the public attention from the right issues. (topic sentence stating the main Point)The oil giant BP, for example, was responsible for the oil rig explosion in 2013 and subsequent oil spill in the gulf of Mexico. (Information about the scandal) During the scandal of this ecological disaster, BP hired a sophisticated PR team to launch a massive campaign to paint themselves as victims of tort law suits and shift media attention from the aftermath of the oil spill. (Information about the scandal) The large corporations like BP has the large amount of financial resources at their disposal to manipulate the media and the public opinions when necessary. (Information about the scandal) As the public is often forgetful while overwhelmed by the news and scandals, it is fairly easy for them to get away from such scandals.  In other words, one cannot really rely on scandals to solve problems involving big corporations. (Elaborate the main point in the context of academic studies)



Some people may argue that scandals are still useful in creating pressure to push the government to reform. (topic sentence stating the main Point)For example, after the scandal of Sun Zhigang, a Chinese university graduate who was tortured and killed in Guangzhou Center for the Homeless, Chinese government has abolished the institution of arresting the homeless in the large cities. (Information about the scandal) While this case leads to some desirable outcome, it is doubtful that we should count on scandals like this to reform a nation’s legal and social infrastructure.(Elaborate ) To fix the numerous problems in a modern society, the best solution is to educate the people about their rights so people can speak up against injustice when their rights are violated. We cannot just overlook the injustice in our daily life and wait for scandals to fix the problems in our society.  (Elaborate the main point in the context of academic studies)



In conclusion, while I acknowledge that certain scandals may eventually lead to some progress in our society, most scandals are not very useful in reforming the society as the public often focus their attention on the wrong issues and the powerful corporations can easily divert public attention through their public relations campaigns.  To achieve real progress in social development, we need better education to increase people’s awareness of their rights and their sense of justice.


我的作文
Students should always question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

In school nowadays, youngsters are cultivated with science as well as humanity courses. Their thoughts of process are built based on the information they received at school. Thus, some people argue that the youth should always question the knowledge, which they learn at school. However, from my perspective, it depends on the nature of what is being taught. If they are learning about facts and methods, they should only challenge them after mastering it.

To begin with, facts appeared in the engineering courses are usually widely accepted and proved.( topic sentence stating the main Point) When students start learning about data structure of computer science, they would first encounter list, stack as well as heap. (Information about the scandal) They are the basis of this subject and it is ubiquitous in coding. Thus, only by knowing basic knowledges can student understand higher level ideas such as run time and map. It is impossible for the youth to doubt a theory without solid understands of its basic mechanism. (Elaborate the main point in the context of academic studies)


Furthermore, methods utilized in humanity courses are also base stone of the subject. Some people argue that humanity courses are opinion oriented. Thus, student should not accept the information passively. However, the basic methods of the subject are needed because they are tools, which everyone used to communicate. Essays, for example, are known for its strict structure. If students fail to understand how to write introduction, body and conclusion paragraph in the essay, it is not likely for them to write clear and persuasive essays. As a result, the basic tools in the humanity courses are not questionable.

However, values and ideologies taught in schools should be questioned by students. In school, teachers hold different values upon certain topics. One teacher might support the homosexual, while another teacher hate the existence of the homosexual. There is a clear conclusion those topics, Thus, after receiving biased messages, students need to think about them progressively.

In conclusion, students should accept the basic tools taught in science and humanity courses passively. At the same time, they should not follow biased values from teachers blindly.

在三十分钟里写得真的很短小，感觉很崩溃，不知道大家有什么建议写多一些。我也不知道我的观点突不突出，我原来写作文就来被说，观点不明确

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beener322 发表于 2017-8-19 23:58
Issue 4)  Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker o ...

自己写的ISSUE 4)的中间段：
Obviously, scandals that cause great damage to the public benefits will aggravate anger and censure of the public, and focus people’s attention immediately on the relative problems. (Topic sentence: stating the main POINT) Take the oil leak in the gulf of Mexico for example. (Provide relevant fact or information) As soon as this disaster was reported by mass media, almost all the people of America and other affected countries fixed their eye on the progress of preventing further oil leak and how to diminish the damage. Consequently, civilians poured their anger to the responsible corporation, i.e., the oil giant BP and violently criticized the government for their low efficiency of disposing this risk. (Detail public attention on this risk-INFORMATION) All people care about events that are relevant to their lives most, thus ,the reporting of scandals that damage health or environment focus their eyes on how these happen and who to blame . With the help of mass media, citizens can deliver their great anger to the government and urgent the authority take proper measures and make necessary progress to present this kind of thing happen again in the future, which sometimes even determined reformers cannot reach.(Explain how scandal focus our attention-ELABORATION)
我看了感觉写的挺好哒，不过the reporting of scandals that damage health or environment focus their eyes on how these happen and who to blame 这一句我看的不大明白~~