argument169【永不言弃互改小组】第十次作业 by 9号

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169.The following appeared in a letter from a department chairperson to the president of Pierce University.

"Some studies conducted by Bronston College, which is also located in a small town, reveal that both male and female professors are happier living in small towns when their spouses are also employed in the same geographic area. Therefore, in the interest of attracting the most gifted teachers and researchers to our faculty and improving the morale of our entire staff, we at Pierce University should offer employment to the spouse of each new faculty member we hire. Although we cannot expect all offers to be accepted or to be viewed as an ideal job offer, the money invested in this effort will clearly be well spent because, if their spouses have a chance of employment, new professors will be more likely to accept our offers."

对于同样位于小城市的Bronston学院所作的一些研究发现，不论男性或女性教授，当他们的配偶在相同的城市有工作时，就更乐于在这些小城市生活。因此，为了吸引最有天分的教师和研究人员加入我们的员工队伍并提高我们员工的士气，我们Pierce大学应该为每一个我们所雇佣的新员工的配偶提供就业机会。尽管我们并不期望所有就业机会都会被接受或被看作是理想的工作，我们在这项努力上的投入显然是值得的，因为如果新教授的配偶有就业机会，他们将更乐于在我们学校就职。

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研究过程有问题，B学院做的研究，其本身就带有倾向性，不够客观，他也许是为了为自己的学校吸引优秀师资，为自己学校利益服务的。此外，即使研究是客观的，研究没有说明其调查的人群，没有一个基本的调查数目，并且调查描述不够清楚，没有给出足够的证据支持，这就降低了调查的可信度。此外，即使调查是基于大多数人得出的结论，其结论也是可信，但是对于B学校所在的小城镇适用，并不代表对于P所在的小城镇适用，也许P不适合人类居住，生存条件恶劣。
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我们为雇员配偶提供工作机会就会吸引优秀的教师和研究人员，并提高学校的士气。（可攻击的点：学校能够给其配偶提供什么样的职位？也许学校能够提供的职位只是一般的服务岗位，而这也许与其配偶的能力和要求都不符合；此外，也许最优秀的教员更加看重的是一个学校的排名、科研基础实施、学校的政策、学校的自由度和包容度、或者学校的地理位置、生活条件等,而不是配偶的工作地点；还有，学校的士气也许更多的依靠一个学校的制度，政策，对员工的奖励措施，对教师和科研人员的人文关怀等等，而不是靠提供其配偶一个工作岗位就可以实现的。）
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这项工作的投入是不是值得？为所有的新员工配偶提供就业机会是一个很重大的事情，如果投入太多也许会影响学校其他方面的投入，最终得不偿失。

The notion that if the Pierce University offer employment to the spouse of each new faculty member, the most gifted teachers and researchers professors will be more likely to take part in the school , according to a study of Bronston College seems at first glance to be an obvious conclusion. However, in my opinion, the argument is well-presented, but not thoroughly well-resoned.

First of all, the study can’t provide sufficient evidences to support it’s conclusion. It fails to show us that the study is based on a general investigate or just a part of people who prefer to live in small town responded to the study. Besides, the study lack some details to describe whether living together will bring professors happiness. Even if the study is convincing, it still can’t apply the results of B to P simply because the different circumstance of the two towns should be take in to consideration. And may be the town of P is a palace where the weather and living conditions are too bad to people live there and to enjoy themselves.
So the study should be completed and provides more information to support the conclusion.

The argument above is weakened by the fact that it does not take into account other alternatives reasons of the most gifted teachers and researchers chose which school as their ultimate objective.Only through offer employment to the spouse of professors will it attract the most gifted teachers? How kinds of occupations could the university offer? If just common jobs, is it have great attractive to the professors’ spouse? Are the most gifted teachers interest in the suggestion? May be the most gifted teachers and researchers think other factors are more important for them to make a decision such as the rank of the school and the basic research conditions ,or the school’s policies and the school’s academic and cultural atmospher or even the geographical conditions and living circumstances which also play crucial factors for their chose. Besides, the morale of the school is not just only rely on the quality of its professors but also influnced by the school’s attitude towards its staff such as its reformation of salary system and the humanity attention to its staff or its international reputation. In short, Offering employment is not the best effective method to attract gifted teachers, other alternative factors also should be emphasized

Finally, the cost of the program also should be evaluated, offering employment to the spouse of each new faculty member they hire must be a significant project which need a great deal of investment and it is necessary for the school to balance the project and other aspects such as the improvement of its teaching standers.

In sum up, the argument that the Pierce University offer employment to the spouse of faculty member, the most gifted teachers and researchers professors will be more likely to take part in the school based on the study of B is unconvincing. Before conclusion are reached ,however, a more complete study and other alternatives factors are needed to be taken into account.