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TOPIC: ARGUMENT51 - The following appeared in a medical newsletter.
"Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. This hypothesis has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of patients, all being treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected. Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were given sugar pills, although the patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly reduced. Therefore, all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment."
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According to a medical newsletter, the writer advises patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain ought to take antibiotics as part of their treatment, because the antibiotics prevent patients from secondary infections, which may keep some of them from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. As far as I think, since taking medicine is to treat a certain illness, the advice for all patients seems to be perfunctory. Moreover, the hypothesis is also flawed in two aspects.
To begin with, even though assuming that the hypothesis is correct, which means the secondary infections may decelerate the speed of recovering from severe muscle strain, I doubt that whether all the patients who suffer from muscle strain will get secondary infections or taking antibiotics is appropriate for them. Since medicine is used with pertinence to treat certain illness, if a patient hardly gets secondary infections, why should he take antibiotics? As we all know, medicine has side effects, is it necessary for a patient to run the risk of harming his healthy to defend such a possibly-infected illness. Moreover, the writer does not consider, at least doesn’t present in the letter, that how to deal with the patients who are sensitive to antibiotics. Thus, such advice to take antibiotics as part of treating severe muscle strain for all patients is hasty.
Furthermore, under close scrutiny, I find the hypothesis is proved unconvincingly, mainly in two aspects. First, the study of two groups of patients is to prove that the secondary infections' influence on the speed of recovering from severe muscle strain. However, in the presentation of the study, I cannot find any descriptions about whether the two groups of patients had any access to get secondary infections, especially the second group. If both the two groups of people don’t get the infections at all during the study, the recuperation time of the first group of people, which was 40 percent quicker than typically expected, may depend on other reasons.
Second, the writer fails to provide us any information about people who involved in the study, which may critically influence the result of the study. For example, are the two groups of people in same age? Perhaps the first group of people are young in age, while most of the second group of people are elders. Naturally, youngsters heal more quickly from illness and pains than elders. Moreover, different doctors possess respective professional experience may also lead the results of treatments into difference. Generally, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine is much more experienced in treating muscle strains than a general physician. This may cause a quicker recuperation time of the first group of people as well.
In sum, such an advice of taking antibiotics as part of treatment for all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain is cursory. At least, the writer should consider the side-effect of antibiotics and the patient who cannot take such medicine. Moreover, the writer ought to provide more convincing evidence in the study to testify the hypothesis.
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TOPIC: ISSUE130 - "How children are socialized today determines the destiny of society. Unfortunately, we have not yet learned how to raise children who can help bring about a better society."
It is broadly believed that children are the future of our society; therefore how they are socialized today is so critical. Lots of socialists and educationalists are taking effort to find a way to raise children who can creative a better society, yet it is not easy to come to a desirable solution.
Socialization is important because it sets the ground work for all future life. Socialization is a process that people who live with others learn to pattern their behavior and adapt it to the ways of acting that are considered is appropriate to that society in which they live. As children are the group of people who maintain intense curiosity on everything, they can be influenced by any attitude of social value, which will probably be held all life long. Although children will be favored who possess tolerance of opposite opinions, respect for individual rights and cooperation with others, those who live in a society of turbulence merits to pay more attention to. For instance, in some African country, civil war remains a main topic of the society. Growing up with the war, what the children there learn is using guns to revenge for his dead family members. They seem like born to be a soldier and combat his opponents. We cannot find any indication that civil wars in such society will come to an end in the near future, for the children there are so encouraged in following their destiny. Avoiding such circumstance, many other societies pay much attention to raise children in a way they believe can help bring about a better society.
However, such way is too intricate for all societies to find out as a perfect one. Both parents and societies are bogged in dilemma of how to raise a child who can grow up in a right direction we expect. On one hand, each parent is clearly convinced of the more opportunities to communicate with others and join group activities, the better their child will behavior in the society, after all no one expects his child to be a talking and dealing cripple with others. On the other hand, parents hold special censorship in their minds of who his children is not allowed to hang out with, and where is not allowed to go. Although the reason is clear that no one want their kid to make friends with those who are regarded as trouble maker, to be fair, they need friends and good models. Yet, the whole society is still inability in solving the problem.
Moreover, it is under arguable that which kind of socialization method we should take to raise our children, positive one which is based on pleasurable and exciting experiences or negative one which means using punishment, harsh criticisms or anger to try to “teach them a lesson”? Some are holding the belief that positive social learning experiences make children optimism when meeting frustration, while others consider that negative socialization can prepare children to be ready to endure torture and hardship. Children are so helpless that schools may teach them in this way, at same time, parents may instruct them in other way.
In conclusion, since children’s socialization plays an important role in the development of society, raising children whom we expect will bring us a better society is a big project. We are still struggling for the project and trying to find the balance in every ambiguous proposition.
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