[ARGU 169] by CHERISH

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TOPIC: ARGUMENT169 - The following appearedin a letter from a department chairperson to the president of Pierce University.

"Some studies conducted by BronstonCollege, which is also located in a small town, reveal that both male andfemale professors are happier living in small towns when their spouses are alsoemployed in the same geographic area. Therefore, in the interest of attractingthe most gifted teachers and researchers to our faculty and improving themorale of our entire staff, we at Pierce University should offer employment tothe spouse of each new faculty member we hire. Although we cannot expect alloffers to be accepted or to be viewed as an ideal job offer, the money investedin this effort will clearly be well spent because, if their spouses have achance of employment, new professors will be more likely to accept ouroffers."
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TIME: 00:50:00
DATE: 2011/2/14 19:21:05

Grounding on the studies of BronstonCollege that both male and female professors are happier living in the smalltowns when their spouses are also in the same geographic area, so the arguerrecommends that Pierce University should offer employment to the spouse of eachnew faculty member in the future so that the university can attract more giftedteachers and as well improve the morale of the entire staff. Closely inspect onthis argument, I find that it suffers from several fallacies.
First of all turn to the study conducted byBronston College. The arguer does not provide information about the conditionof the small town, whether the town's transportation system is convenient? Orthe location is well connected with other places? Sometimes teachers should beconnected to the outside world in order to be fully informed of the developmentof the society and the changes that are happening outside, thus can they besufficient in handing down their knowledge. Besides, we are not informed aboutthe size and respondents of the study. There may be few teachers have respondedto the study and most of them, if any, like the living pattern in small townother than living in the big city where have many traffics and pollutions. Inaddition, there is no evidence showing that the professors are happier thanliving in the city; they are happy may due to that their spouses work in thesame place with them, to vice versa. The arguer also claims that PierceUniversity should offer employment to the spouse of new teachers, but it is notimpossible that they would not accept the offer. Thus, the study is notpersuasive enough to be presented.

There are many other possibilities that theuniversity can provide for new teachers instead of offering employment fortheir spouse. It is too hastily to conclude that the new professors would likethe offer for their spouse, it is only one factor that the teachers will thinkabout, they may take more considerations into account that how's the experimentalfacilities of the university, the teaching ideology the college adopts, theeducational fame of the school among the area or the country, and thecapability of the school in researches. These might be elements that professorswill put more attention on that the employment for their spouse. On thecontrary, there's no evidence that the spouses are satisfied with the offers ofthe university. On the other hand, different colleges are distinctive from eachother; the arguer falsely assumes that professors in Bronston College arehappier with their spouse working in the same area, but it no means thatprofessors will be the same in Pierce University. The rewarding system, theteaching condition, and other aspects may be more crucial.

Last but not the least, it may beunrealistic to offer employment for the spouses of teachers. By only offeringemployment is not enough to attracting the most gifted teachers andresearchers, the university would have to improve their researching ability andstandard of teaching facilities in the school. Besides, there's no evidencethat the spouse of teachers would be fond of the employment offered by theuniversity. And a harmony relationship between couples does not necessarilyindicates the teachers will be concentrated in teaching and researches, norwill surely improve the morale of the faculty, otherwise, it may harm themorale between teachers and distract the teachers' attention from the teachingand researches. In addition, hiring gifted teachers may cost much money of theuniversity, let alone shouldering much burden in offering employment to theirspouses.

To sum up, the arguer overlooks the resultthat showed by the study of Bronston College that the professors will behappier with their spouse working in the same area, and grants that the sameresult will happen in Pierce University. In order to strengthen the argument,the arguer would have to provide more information about the money spent onhiring gifted professors and their spouse, and the aspects the teachers really appreciatein working in a certain university.