Argument Essay 11: The memorandum from the business manager of the listener-supported public radio station states,

The memorandum from the business manager of the listener-supported public radio station states that, Their Folk on the Air program devoted more time to Latino music and world music and less time to the Traditional American folk music, in order to broaden their support base. However in the recent months, many of the complaints have been received regarding the biasness of the program. More over an editorial has also been appeared in the local newspaper. Therefore in order to avoid further losses of the list News they should reallocated the time specified for both the programs.

The argument seems convincing at first, however close scrutiny reveals that there are certain flaws, which needs to be properly investigation. 

First of all the author states that, it has been a year since the on the air program has changed its allocation of time. But the complaints received are in the last month, which depicts that if there was an issue related to the time allocation the complaints would have been received soon after the time allocation has been changed. The complaint in the recent times reveals that there are issues other than the time allocation of the programs. There is possibility that, the quality of the broadcasting is not good therefore it has been complained.

Secondly the author suggests that the editorial has appeared in some local newspaper, which depicts that there is some limited population in any town who is not interested in the shifting of the program. The sample of the people who are not interested in the program shifting is very small, therefore on the basis of the such small sample we cannot say that the listener-supported public radio station would loss all of its additional supporters.

Third, complaints from the certain area or locality do not provide good evidence of the interest of the all other listeners. There is possibility that a high population of listeners is interested in Latino and world music as compared to American folk music. Therefore allocating less time to the American folk music may not result in loss of huge number of the listeners.

The author is unnecessarily compares the programs and claim that they should reallocate the time. He has to do more scholarship about why the people complain about the shifting of the program only in the last few months, provided there had not been any issue in the last year. Moreover receiving complaints in the last few months must have many other reasons other than the time allocation for the both programs.

In order to convince the reader the business manager needs to mention clear reason based on evidence, that why the listener-supported public radio station has received so many complaints. For this reason more scholarship is required.

Argument Essay 10:The report which appeared in the newsletter of the GoldenAge and Assisted Living Facilities

The report which appeared in the newsletter of the GoldenAge and Assisted Living Facilities for senior’s states that according to a 21 year study led by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and funded by the National Institute on Aging, a novel therapy has been introduced which decreases the incidence of dementia in our aging community. It states that only frequent dancing can prevent seniors from dementia. Therefore it is suggested the social dance programs at all GoldenAge senior residences must  be established so as to make it cost effective way to ward off demential and enable residents to remain in their independent living quaters. Otherwise it would be costly to operate assisted living quarters.

The author provides a range of evidences in order to prove that the establishment of the dance social dance programs at the GoldenAge senior residences. However close consideration of the above arguments seems less convincing based on the following points.

First of all the author does not clearly depict whether the seniors of the GoldenAge have severe dementia. There is possibility that the effect has existed for only few days. He does not clearly mention how much of the population of GoldenAge have the issue and for how long did it existed. If only few people face the problem than setting a social dance program would possibly be more costly than shifting them to the operate assisted living quarters.

Secondly, the author has not properly explained how the setting of a social dance program would be more cost effective. The area in which the GoldenAge exist may have very less resources due to which it may become more costly to send the few people o the assisted living quarters.

There is possibility that if the GoldenAge Independent establishes the dance program will not be used by them in the later years. It depends upon the taste of the people which will decide whether it will be costly or not.

One more thing which is very obscure is that, the GoldenAge has every possible opportunity other than the dance facility. Which reveals that people may not have dementia for the last 21 years, if they had dementia for the last 21 years than they had established a social dance program?

Concluding, the report lack some logic due to which it is not convincing, therefore GoldenAge Independent needs to do more scholarship whether to establish a social dance program or not.

Issue Essay 7: A true university education encompasses far more than the narrow, specialized study of a single discipline

A true university education encompasses far more than the narrow, specialized study of a single discipline. Only through exploring the board spectrum of liberal arts courses can students become truly learned.

The author points down his views about the university studies, he explains that instead of providing some narrow subjects the university should offer a board spectrum of liberal arts courses which can help students to truly learn things.

Close consideration of the above issue reveals that the statement is a very generalized. First of all the university studies is not all about studying the liberal arts only. Various fields, including business, engineering, medical, social sciences needs to be offered at universities, instead of offering only liberal arts.

Moreover we also have to give a heed to the interest of the students around. Offering only liberal arts does not mean every student will be interested in studying liberal arts. There are many students who are interested to study professional degrees like medical, and engineering.

If all the universities will provide only the liberal arts, they may fail to gain their objectives. Offering liberal arts subjects can only convince few students due to which they will not have enough strength offer subjects.

In addition to that liberal arts would improve skills of the students in only a single direction. If the students will have exposure too many subjects they will surely, they will start out of the box. These way students can better learn in a more comprehensive way. In contrarily, there may be several students who love to study liberal arts only. In that case providing a broad spectrum of liberal arts can help students to become truly learned.

As per my experience, in the recent years I have seen many of the students are more interested in studying information technology subjects as compared to all the others. This is because of the reason that the more the world is getting closer due to the information technology, the more it is becoming sophisticated.

In additional to that, the world is becoming more entrepreneurial based as compared to before. The idea of entrepreneurship is taking over the world in the recent years, in comparison to that the entrepreneurship courses are rarely offered at different universities. It is essential for the universities to take in to consideration current situation of the markets before deciding which subject is to be offered.

Concluding, I disagree with the subject matter of the above issue. Offering broad spectrum of liberal arts does not necessarily help students to truly learn things; universities are therefore required to provide a wide range of subjects so that students can truly learn things.  

Argument Essay 9:The following was written by a group of developers in the city of Monroe.

The following was written by a group of developers in the city of Monroe.

"A jazz music club in Monroe would be a tremendously profitable enterprise. At present, the nearest jazz club is over 60 miles away from Monroe; thus, our proposed club, the C Note, would have the local market all to itself. In addition, there is ample evidence of the popularity of jazz in Monroe: over 100,000 people attended Monroe's jazz festival last summer, several well-known jazz musicians live in Monroe, and the highest-rated radio program in Monroe is 'Jazz nightly.' Finally, a nationwide study indicates that the typical jazz fan spends close to $1,000 per year on jazz entertainment. We therefore predict that the C Note cannot help but make money."

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the prediction and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the prediction.

The statement written by a group of developers in the city of Monroe states that a jazz music club would be more profitable enterprise, the author draws evidence from the last year participation of the umpteen numbers of people. Additionally he supports his argument highest radio rated program. Although the claim seems convincing at first, however close scrutiny reveals that there are several flaws in the argument, and it fails to provide logical reasoning to believe whether it would be profitable to set up a jazz music club.

The first claim by the author states that a jazz music club would be more profitable enterprise. The author concludes it on the basis of very trifling reason. First of all he has not mentioned whether people of the area are financially strong enough to bear the cost of the Jazz club. They may be interested in Jazz however they can use DVDs or any other storage material as a substitute.

Secondly, the author has not mentioned if any other club was being set earlier or not. We do not find any evidence of why there has not been any club before. There are various options may be there was a club which failed to operate or there has not been ever a single club. There could be many reasoning for the absence of a jazz club for last many years which the author has not given a heed to depict.

The C type which they suggest to be build is not going to have market. Albeit the author wants to convince us on the basis of the point that since there were so many participant in the last summer festival of Jazz therefore it would also increase audience. We do not know exactly whether the audience was all locals of the same area or visitors. If they were visitors we cannot claim that we can have same rush in the club.

The statistics shown that on an average the amount spent is $ 1000. Spending this much amount on Jazz entertainment does not mean they are going to spend enough on club. May be they spend this much amount Jazz CDs or DVD.

To sum up with, the author has not clearly developed a logical reasoning in support of setting up a Jazz Club in Monroe. More scholarship is required claim whether setting a Jazz Morose will create local market or not. 

Issue Essay 6: No field of study can advance significantly unless it incorporates knowledge and experience from outside that field.

No field of study can advance significantly unless it incorporates knowledge and experience from outside that field.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

At a first glance the statement seems very much convincing to me, however thorough research put me to partially agree with the statement. The author states that unless we have information and experience form out the field, we cannot significantly advance in main concentration.

I partially agree with the statement, although it is important for everyone to have knowledge of the other fields, but to have experience is not mandatory. I would like to support my argument with a pragmatic example. Suppose if I am medical officer I should have enough information about the working conditions of the labor in various industries, so that I can give them precautions for their health safety. Moreover I can treat according to the working condition they are exposed to; however it is not essential for me to have experience as a worker.

The shortcoming of the having a comprehensive experience of the other field it that, firstly, it is not possible for anyone to spent enough energy to have experience of the other fields, and neither it is pragmatic. Additionally if we invest enough time and energy to have experience of the other fields, we would deviate from the main concentration, which is neither productive nor pragmatic approach.

Secondly, in the current competitive age, unless we have information about many other fields we are unable to progress. For example, in order to survive in this competitive environment we should we able use internet efficiently.

I would like to add another example, I am a student of Economics, in order to have more understanding of the field I should have proper understanding of mathematics, as well Statistics. In case I have abstruse understanding of the fields I will not be able to interpret result of the economic results; as a result I will have a spurious understanding of things.

Similarly an engineering student needs to have command over mathematics, as long as he is going to play with the formulae. But in case he fails to understand the mathematical calculations in his studies he will not be able to bring out proper result.

Thirdly, there are some universal subjects, there is a dire need of understanding these subjects, due to reason that, no subject of can survive without them. Among these subjects is mathematics, which is backbone of the all subjects. The point does not end here, every other field, including business, medicine, social sciences and arts are inter dependent on each other.

Forth, I would like to mention some exceptional cases, in which even though if a person has not knowledge of the other fields, still he can survive. This rule applies if one does anything as amateur. We can take example of paintings, and writing. In these field event the professional do not have enough knowledge of other fields, they progress far beyond.

Concluding, with the emerging competition among the various fields there is dire need of understanding of knowledge of other fields. To best of my understanding, until and unless various fields incorporate knowledge and experience of other fields it is hard to progress efficiently.

Argument Essay 8: The following memo appeared in the newsletter of the West Meria Public Health Council

"An innovative treatment has come to our attention that promises to significantly reduce absenteeism in our schools and workplaces. A study reports that in nearby East Meria, where fish consumption is very high, people visit the doctor only once or twice per year for the treatment of colds. This shows that eating a substantial amount of fish can clearly prevent colds. Furthermore, since colds are the reason most frequently given for absences from school and work, attendance levels will improve. Therefore, we recommend the daily use of a nutritional supplement derived from fish oil as a good way to prevent colds and lower absenteeism."

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendations.

The memo which appeared on the West Meria Public Health Council stated that the absenteeism in the area are due to cold, therefore the usage of the fish must be enhanced due to a visit doctor in a year.

The above argument seems convincing at first but close scrutiny reveals that the claim is not supported by reliable arguments which are mentioned as below.

First of all the author has completely neglects other reasons of the absenteeism from the school and work. We exactly don’t know whether the health condition is the mere cause or not, because there is no evidence given. Moreover, no statistics has been given whether only the cold is cause of the absenteeism in the East Meria.

Secondly, based on the assumption that since people in East Meria eat much fish therefore they do not visit doctor frequently, does not gives us strong evidence in relating it with rate of absenteeism. Moreover we do not know whether people in East Meria rarely visit doctor merely due to the consumption of healthy food. Not visiting doctor can have more than on reasons, may be the people their do take medicines directly from Pharmacists. May be they use some conventional methods which are home based for the treatment. May be they get ill but they do not visit doctor due to certain issues including transportation and financial issues.

Thirdly, even if people of West Meria do cold there are several other reasons than having not fish consumption, possibly they do not wear enough clothing; there is possibility that they are prone to extreme weather conditions. Only getting fewer amounts of fish cannot be the sole reason for getting cold.

Furthermore there has not been given any of the authentic statistics whether the only reason behind absenteeism is cold only. Only better health conditions cannot be the mere reasons of high attendance in both school and work in East Meria. People may likely to work more because they get enough pay which intends them to work part time as well. Students may love to go schools because there is much fun as compared to the time spent at homes. Instead of this if there was some sort of statistics of  the numbers of school going and working population, and those who don’t get cold, was given we would have been in a great position to find whether the correlation of both the variables is strong or weak. In the absence of such a statistics it is less likely to have uniformity of thoughts with author.

Lastly, even if all the above assumptions were true, it was not feasible to agree with the claim. The author is comparing two unique places irrespective of the similarity in several areas, like population, weather conditions, schooling systems and work environment. Therefore some conditions which are applied on one place do not necessarily can be applied on the other.

Concluding, thorough analysis showed that, the claim of the author is not strongly supported by the reliable evidences, therefore there is much research required to suggest the some recommendations in order to prevent the high absenteeism in West Meria. Moreover the author has presented a mixture of random causes and effects which needs to be clarified in order to have better recommendations.

Issue Essay 5: Colleges and universities should specify all required courses and eliminate elective courses in order to provide clear guidance for students.

Reason: College students—like people in general—prefer to follow directions rather than make their own decisions.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claims is based.

The author states that limited courses should be predefined for the students in order to avoid them to make their own choices. However I don’t agree with the author because every body’s interest varies from one another. For this reason, it is essential to put an open end of the choices for the students.

I would support my point of view with the help of example out of my own life. When I was at university, several numbers of courses were taught. The main subjects which were taught us were the main branches of the economics as compulsory subjects. However after I have been graduated from university I choose one of the subjects from electives for my specialization. Labor Economics was one of the electives at the university. Currently I am conducting macro as well micro research on youth unemployment in Pakistan. It is worth mentioning that youth unemployment is a part of Labor Economics.  These way universities provide a great opportunity for the students to choose one of subject according to their own interest from several subjects.

One of the other things which we observe in our daily lives is that of professions people choose which are not according to the interest of the students. Many of them choose it because of the force by their parents. Later in their lives, they are forced to change their field when they realize their interest. Therefore it is essential for universities to give many other options for the students.

Well as the author mentions that since the college students make their own decisions therefore it is required to not keep an open end, which I disagree, because making one’s own decision is really important to have a successful career. If some people take decision for us, in one or the other we are going to be in trouble in later stages. Therefore it is essential for everybody take subjects of their own choices.

It has also been observed that as long as people want to do something as a passion they invest their every effort, moreover it is also said that, if you are able to find our passion there would not be need to work hard. Which does not mean not to do any work in actual sense; however that means that you will enjoy the work you will do according to your passion.

Similarly, suppose if Mark Zuckerburg was supposed to study medical or  arts probably there won’t made a facebook, the widely used social media network. And probably he won’t be the youngest billionaire. But since he chooses such a field in which he was interested therefore he was able to make a difference.

To sum up with students must be given variety of choices, so that they can choose a course or subject according to their own interest. 

Argument Essay 7: Humans arrived in the Kaliko Islands about 7,000 years ago, and within 3,000 years most of the large mammal species that had lived in the forests of the Kaliko Islands were extinct.

Humans arrived in the Kaliko Islands about 7,000 years ago, and within 3,000 years most of the large mammal species that had lived in the forests of the Kaliko Islands were extinct. Previous archaeological findings have suggested that early humans generally relied on both fishing and hunting for food; since archaeologists have discovered numerous sites in the Kaliko Islands where the bones of fish were discarded, it is likely that the humans also hunted the mammals. Furthermore, researchers have uncovered simple tools, such as stone knives, that could be used for hunting. The only clear explanation is that humans caused the extinction of the various mammal species through excessive hunting.

Write a response in which you discuss one or more alternative explanations that could rival the proposed explanation and explain how your explanation(s) can plausibly account for the facts presented in the argument.

Although at first glance it might appear admittedly that, the above statement is highly supportive however close scrutiny reveals that the above arguments are not enough to support the statement given by the author.

Firstly the author argues that after 3000 years of arrival of human to Kaliko Island, a large number of mammal species have been extinct. However he did not mentioned any other factors like eco-system effects, and climate changes in the area. Moreover he also failed whether the species have left the habitat due to the environmental changes. Additionally he also undermines one of the other possibility is that human might have consumed the plants and animals on which the extinct species used to depend on for their food.

Secondly, further analysis reveals that author mentions archaeological findings which were conducted earlier showed that human hunted for their food, which although convinces us to a large extent, however he did not any mentioned any possible hunters other than human being. Since the author is talking about the forest, there must be many more hunters due may be the reason of extinct of the specific mammals.

Thirdly, his statement regarding the simple tools works against the extinction of such a large population of the mammals. Such instruments cannot be reason of huge extinction of the mammals. This point impedes to believe the statement which he has mentioned before. However, the author also did not mention any other possible way of hunting other than the small stone knives, which seems unrealistic to the reader.

Lastly, the existence of the bones of fish is in any case not a good determinant of the human being and it cannot be the only reason for the extinction of the species. In this point the author only assume in the absence of any authentic argument.

Considering all the things, we fail to accept the author’s claim that only human can be the reason of extinction. The author needs to provide us some more reason for the accomplishment of his statement.