[酒香作文小组]Argument 64---11.15

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The following appeared in a memo from the Dean
of the College of Education at Omni State University.

"Only seven of our state's high schools offer even one course in Latin, but over 80 percent of the graduates who study Latin at those seven schools enroll in college. Furthermore, a recent study shows that students who have mastered Latin perform much better in logic and critical thinking. Thus, in order to increase the percentage of our high school students who graduate from college as well as to ensure that they receive a better education in critical thinking, Omni State University should begin an intensive program to prepare our future teachers to teach high school Latin."

逻辑错误

1.80%在7所学校学过L的学生被学院录取与 L课程不一定有直接关系，不能说明其能增加升学率。其余不开设L课程的学校的学生的录取率不知。录取率也有可能和与学校的教学质量，学生的素质有关。
2.主修L课程与只学一门L课的学生学习的效果不一样，不能显示高中开设L能使学生有更好的逻辑和批判性思维。
3.学生要接受更好的教育的批判性思维教育 增加升学率 不一定要开设L课
4.OSU不一定要叫教师去高中教L课


提纲

1.L课与逻辑思维和升学率无关
2.即使有关，提高升学率和增加学生逻辑思维有很多方法，不一定要上L课

Content

In this Argument,the author makes conclusion that Omni State University should begin to prepare our future teachers to teach high school Latin.To support his statement,the author cites that over 80 percent of graduates who study Latin at high schools enroll in college.And according to a recent study that students who have mastered Latin perform much better in logic and critical thinking,he deduces setting up Latin class can help students foster a logical and critical thinking and increase the university enrollment rate.I find this argument logically unconvincing in several respects.

The argument's chief problem is no clear evidence indicates that setting up Latin class avails the logical and critical thinking and the university enrollment rate.First of all,the phenomenon that 80% percent of students who study Latin in 7 high schools enroll in college is not always relate the increase of university enrollment. The percent of students who do not learn Latin in the 7 high or other schools is uncharted.Without accurate contrast, we can't draw conclusion that students who learn Latin have an advantage over those those who do not.If the 7 high schools which setting up Latin class are the best institutions in the state, then the quality of students is good enough to enroll the college.So the enrollment of 80% percent of Latin learners is irrelevant to whether they learn Latin.  

Secondly,the recent study that students who have mastered Latin perform much better in logic and critical thinking apply to students in high school.Students who mastered Latin learn it everyday and always ruminate over.To the contrary, high school students put their energy on their major classes such like verbal,science,even they are interested in Latin. The effect of Amateur learning are as diverse as the influence of day-by-day studying.It is unwarranted to conclude with any confidence that high school students who choose Latin have a stronger ability of logic and critical thinking.

Even if high school students can get some help from Latin in logic and critical thinking and the college enrollment,the reasons of setting up Latin class are not sufficient.As we all know,there are plenty of methods to increase the college enrollment and strengthen students' logical and critical thinking,such as improving the quality of teaching and attaching importance to philosophy class.Additionally,setting up Latin class needs vast financing and teachers to support which are badly off at present.Thereby,The Omni State University should think twice whether they will begin the intensive program to prepare future teachers to teach high school Latin.

In sum,the author's argument that Omni State University should begin an intensive program to prepare our future teachers to teach high school Latin is unconvincing.To strengthen the argument the author must provide clear evidence that high school students can benefit from Latin in logical and critical thinking and the college enrollment.To better evaluate the argument I would also need to know that setting up Latin is a better way than other methods to execute.