argument140 五一互助小组第二次作业 by 布兜

布兜兜UID: 2253272

The following appeared in a report of the Committee on Faculty Promotions and Salaries at Elm City University.During her seventeen years as a professor of botany, Professor Thomas has proved herself to be well worth her annual salary of $50,000. Her classes are among the largest at the university, demonstrating her popularity among students. Moreover, the money she has brought to the university in research grants has exceeded her salary in each of the last two years. Therefore, in consideration of Professor Thomas' demonstrated teaching and research abilities, we recommend that she receive a $10,000 raise and a promotion to Department Chairperson; without such a raise and promotion, we fear that Professor Thomas will leave Elm City University foe another college."
提纲：
1、班级最大不一定就最受欢迎。有可能该教授教的是公共课。或是给的分比较高
2、带来的研究捐助多不一定研究能力就高。文章并没有说其他和t拿一样工资的教授能带来多少经费，也许t虽然拉的赞助比她的工资多
3、就算该教授的教学和研究能力出众，她也不一定就适合系主任的工作。管理和教学科研是两个不同的事情同时没有任何证据说明如果没有加薪和提升，t就会离开该校。

In this argument, the arguer advocates that Elm City University should rise Professor Thomas's annual salary and promote her as Department Chairperson, for her outstanding abilities in teaching and research. Otherwise she will leave for another college .But there are some reasons why this analysis is unwarranted.

To begin with, the fact that Professor Thomas's has the largest classes does not necessarily imply that she is popular with students. It is possible that the department of biology, which Professor Thomas belong to, is the biggest one among this university, and her course is one of compulsory courses which all the students of this department must enroll, regardless of whether they like it or not. It is also possible that Thomas’s never given students pressure-little assignment, easy examination which everyone can get a high mark. For these reasons, the participants tell nothing about Professor Thomas's teaching abilities.

Secondly, the arguer does not provide any information regarding that Professor Thomas has brought more research grants than her colleague. It is very likely that in the Elm university, professors bring research grants which exceeded their annual salary is common. Even if she can bring more grants than others, there is no evidence that this trend very continue in the next years. May be in the past two years, Professor Thomas had a good project which attract grants, that means she will engage in this work over the ensuing month and do not have enough time for socializing. In short, lacking evidence of the endowments brought by other faculty and the trend of future endowments, the author cannot convince me that Professor Thomas has superiority in collecting funds for research.

The last but not the least, even if Professor Thomas is excellent in teaching and researching, which is, of course, an unwarranted assumption, it does not follow that she will be a competent Department Chairperson. Common sense tells us that a teacher who is good in teaching and researching not always do the same superior job as a chairperson. They are obviously different things. To addition, there are no evidence shows that Professor Thomas will leave for another university if there is no raise and promotion.     

In conclusion, the argument is not well reasoned. To strengthen the acceptable, the arguer would have to provide more evidence concerning that Professor is popular with students, while can collecting more funds over the ensuing year, and weather she would leave or not without raise and promotion.  

ruczephyrUID: 2181202

大概看了一下,对于论证方面问题不是太大,只有个别几个语法错误也不是什么太大的问题.不过有2个问题,第一你找的第2个错误我觉得不是太好,文中只说T教授拉了很多赞助,但并没有说他一定是拉的最多的,给他涨工资也不是因为他拉的最多,也许其他拉赞助更多的教授涨的工资更多.第2个人认为提拔一个教授到领导岗位上一般还是要看他的教学和科研的水平,所以如果T教授的教学和科研水平非常高的话给予提拔也是说的过去的,因为没有当领导之前是很难看出某个人的领导能力的.

boylittleUID: 2304303

In this argument, the arguer advocates that Elm City University should rise Professor Thomas's annual salary and promote her as Department Chairperson, for her outstanding abilities in teaching and research. Otherwise she will leave for another college .But there are some reasons why this analysis is unwarranted.

To begin with, the fact that Professor Thomas's has the largest classes does not necessarily imply that she is popular with students. It is possible that the department of biology, which Professor Thomas belong to, is the biggest one among this university, and her course is one of compulsory courses which all the students of this department must enroll, regardless of whether they like it or not. It is also possible that Thomas’s never given students pressure-little assignment, easy examination which everyone can get a high mark. For these reasons, the participants tell nothing about Professor Thomas's teaching abilities.

Secondly, the arguer does not provide any information regarding that Professor Thomas has brought more research grants than her colleague. It is very likely that in the Elm university, professors bring research grants which exceeded their annual salary is common.（这好像没什么根据吧） Even if she can bring more grants than others, there is no evidence that this trend very continue in the next years. May be in the past two years, Professor Thomas had a good project which attract grants, that means she will engage in this work over the ensuing month and do not have enough time for socializing. In short, lacking evidence of the endowments brought by other faculty and the trend of future endowments, the author cannot convince me that Professor Thomas has superiority in collecting funds for research.（这段有点欠说服力，研究能力的高低不能总拿看谁拉的钱多巴 我觉得重点应该放在论述研究能力主要不是由教授能拉到赞助的多少决定的 一些其他因素比如专业方面的突破 高水平论文 专业方面独到的见解  ）

The last but not the least, even if Professor Thomas is excellent in teaching and researching, which is, of course, an unwarranted assumption, it does not follow that she will be a competent Department Chairperson. Common sense tells us that a teacher who is good in teaching and researching not always do the same superior job as a chairperson. They are obviously different things. To addition, there are no evidence shows that Professor Thomas will leave for another university if there is no raise and promotion.     （这段我觉得应该多写点，应该是主要错误之一 论述太少了）

In conclusion, the argument is not well reasoned. To strengthen the acceptable, the arguer would have to provide more evidence concerning that Professor is popular with students, while can collecting more funds over the ensuing year, and weather she would leave or not without raise and promotion.