本帖最后由 ananbeatgre 于 2009-3-11 20:31 编辑
In this argument the author concludes that the honor codes similar to Groveton's should be widely adopted to prevent the students form cheating. To support this conclusion the writer cites that the number of the cheating cases in Groveton have obviously decreased in 5 years since the honor codes established. Meanwhile, to support the recommendation, he assumes that a majority of students said that they would be less likely to cheat with an honor code in place than without. However, this argument suffers from several critical fallacies though it seems logical at first glance.
The main problem in this argument is that the reducing number of the cheating cases that the students reported doesn’t indicate the factual decrease of the cheating number. What the argument demonstrates can just indicate that the cheating case being discovered and reported declined during the 5yeares. However, the editorial fails to rule out other possible explanations for the decrease of number. For example, without the supervising of the teachers, students may screen from their behavior of cheating for each other. Moreover, the development of technology applied in the exam may also contribute to helping the student escape from exposure. Any of these factors, or other social, personal factors, might lead to the decrease of the reported numbers of cheating. And without ruling out all other such factors it is unfair to conclude that the honor code is more successful.
Aside from that, even if we accept that all the students obey the rules of the honor code, the argument ignores the possibility that during the 5 years the honor code might not be the only measure taken by Groveton's which lead to the decrease of cheating cases, and commits a fallacy of hasty generalization that the former is the cause of the latter. However, the aggravation of penalty of cheating, the emphasis on the education of honesty and credit and the improvement of the students’ quality, all theses measures can conduct to a better fact of cheating cases, while the author ignores all theses factors and attribute all the contribution to the honor code, which is just so one-legged. Without ruling out this possibility, the argument's proponent cannot justifiably conclude that the honor code is the only reason of the fact.
Finally, a final problem with the argument involves is about the survey,in citing the survey the editorial assumes that a majority of students said that they would be less likely to cheat with an honor code. However, I wonder whether all the student be investigated tell the truth. Account for the repute under the honor code, most student will choose not admit their desire or behavior of cheating. Therefore, the president cannot rely on the survey to bolster the recommendation.
In conclusion, the author fails to adequately support the recommendation that the honor code isfar more successful than the old-fashioned system.To bolster the argument, the argument's proponent must consider and eliminate all other possible explanations for the decline of the reported number of cheating cases, and also must rule out all other possible factors contributing to the result of decrease of the cheating cases.The author must also provide a reliable survey to strengthen the argument.
呃。。。535个字,第一次写A,用了一下午赶起来,自己还没改,实在不敢看。。。。。用了好多模板的句子
而且自己感觉 第一个观点和第二个观点 太重复了,观点内部论述的很重复,1,2观点之间感觉也蛮重复的。。。。第三个关于survey的观点,赶紧很无力哎。。。。。
恩大家 狠狠的拍我吧。。。。。 |