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要不大家评论一下我的这篇ARGU 行吗?
我个人感觉是中间部分展开不够,而首尾罗嗦了些,大家如何看?
140. 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科研补助金 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 for another college."
正文 :
In this argument, the author recommend that professor Thomas should get a salary raise and promotion to Department Chairperson, otherwise, she would probably leave for another university. To support this assertion, the author cites the fact that Professor Thomas has gain wide popularity at the university and has brought large amount of money to research programs. At the first blush, this argument seems reasonable; however, careful examination reveals that some serious logical flaws root in it, as discussed below.
To begin with, the author unfairly assumes that Professor Thomas has gain wide popularity at the university since her class is the biggest one. However, there exists no direct causal relationship between the number of students and teacher's popularity. It is equally possible that professor Thomas’s curriculum is compulsory, thus, those students have to take part in for graduation degree. If true, the author's conclusion about her popularity would amount to nothing, let alone the recommendation about raising salary and promotion.
Secondly, the author fails to provide clear evidence for supporting Professor Thomas's research ability. Although she has brought to the university in research grants has exceeded her salary, yet, we do not know the amount other professor bring to the research. Without eliminating the possibility that all other professor brought much more funds to the university's research programs, the author can not convince us that her research ability is superior to others.
Even if the foregoing two assumptions are trustful and reasonable, it is still unjustifiable to recommend offering a promotion to Department Chairperson. It is entirely possible that professor Thomas’s do not know much about work in that apartment and is not competent enough to do that.
Last but the least, the author unjustly assumes that if salary raise and promotion is not exerted, Professor Thomas will probably leave Elm City University for another college. However, it is most likely that there is no other universities who invited or tend to invite her, or perhaps there are no other universities bearing professor Thomas’s major subject. So, before further investigation, I would like to suspend my contention concerning whether it is necessary and sound for Professor Thomas to be offered a salary increase and promotion.
In sum, the recommendation relies on certain logical flaws and unreasonable assumptions, thus, is suspicious as it stands. To better assess the argument, the arguer should either modify his/her recommendation, or provide further supportive compelling evidence to aptly illustrate his assertion: 1) whether Professor Thomas is indeed popular in Elm City University? 2) Whether she contributed more to the university's research working than other professors? 3) Whether she is a proficient master about work of Department Chairperson, and whether she is familiar with the new work. Without being given all those information, the arguer's recommendation is unwarranted, as it stands. |
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