ARGUMENT238-------下星期去厦门考试了

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TOPIC: ARGUMENT238 - The following appeared in a memorandum from the president of Mira Vista College to the college's board of trustees.

"At nearby Green Mountain College, which has more business courses and more job counselors than does Mira Vista College, 90 percent of last year's graduating seniors had job offers from prospective employers. But at Mira Vista College last year, only 70 percent of the seniors who informed the placement office that they would be seeking employment had found full-time jobs within three months after graduation, and only half of these graduates were employed in their major field of study. To help Mira Vista's graduates find employment, we must offer more courses in business and computer technology and hire additional job counselors to help students with their resumés and interviewing skills."
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TIME: 00:30:00
DATE: 2009-8-19 1:05:11

In this argument, the author claims that in order to help Mira Vista (MV) college's graduates find a good job, the school should offer more courses in business and computer technology and teach students with some interviewing skills. To support this argument, the author makes a comparison of the nearby Green Mountain (GM) college and provide some other evidences. However, the argument suffers some illogical flaws and not convincing as it stands.

First of all, what author claims is based on a poor analogy between GM College and MV college. It is entirely possibly GM College located in a big city where having many business and Hi-tech corporations. There are a myriad of relating positions in business and computer for these major graduates. So business and computer technology students find it is easier for them find a job in GM city. But author does not provide any information about the surrounding of MV College. It is probably the situation in MV is varied with that in GM. If MV is a small city and having little business or CS companies and can not offer many positions for these major graduates, the recommendation that offers more courses in business and CS in unreasonable.

Secondly, the survey in this argument is high suspicious. The author argues that 90 percent of graduates in GM college had job while these is 70 percent of seniors in MV college. However, the author fails to provide the absolute number of the two school graduates. Also, if there are many of MV college students go to
graduate school to get their PHD or MS degree directly instead of finding a job, and thus the overall employment rate in MV may also very high.

Furthermore, the high employment rate in Gm may not attribute to its majors. Perhaps GM college had a strong academic staffs and provides high-quality education to students, and this merits had been recognized by society. Or because administrators in MV make a great effort in propaganda in local social which make graduates easily to find a job in there. With ruling out these possibilities, the author can not claim the recommendation so gratuitous.


In sum, the author's recommendation is well-present, but not well-reasoned. In order to bolster his argument, the author should provide clearer relevant evidences and make a deep investigation of these two schools. Otherwise, the argument is unpersuasive and should be rejected.

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