Sefat Mohammady

Argument Topic The following appeared in a health magazine. "The citizens of Forsythe have adopted more healthful lifestyles. Their responses to a recent survey show that in their eating habits they conform more closely to government nutritional recommendations than they did ten years ago. Furthermore, there has been a fourfold increase in sales of food products containing kiran, a substance that a scientific study has shown reduces cholesterol. This trend is also evident in reduced sales of sulia, a food that few of the most healthy citizens regularly eat." Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument. The author talks about the healthful lifestyle of Forsythe people and trying to ascribe it to the government recommendation for nutritional plan for the people. The passage has mentioned a survey made in this region and highlights evident the increase and decrease of kiran and sulia respectively. There are several flows in this argument that need to be addressed to strengthen it. First, the author claims that the people of Forsythe has adopted more healthful lifestyle but has not list all the possible causes that may happened. For example, sport and it is vital role are also important that need to be included in the passage to define the term healthy lifestyle. Thus, the author should furnish more explanation about several possible motives that may have resulted or not such healthy lifestyle for the people of Forsythe. Second, the passage contains that a survey has conducted but do not give more detail about the survey to validate the information. They passage lacks important information about the survey. Who has performed the survey, how many persons are interviewed, what questions are asked are all details need to verify the information provided. The author should give detail to these inquiries to substantiate that the data of the survey is accurate and determining about this argument. Third, human body gets its required vitamins and minerals from different foods. Increase in usage of kiran and decrease in sulia are not enough evident to get the credit of causing healthy lifestyle for Forsythe people. Even, lesser or excess taking kiran and sulia may do not affect the healthy lifestyle. The author should provide clear evident that shows people need more kiran and less sulia and they can get those elements from other foods. Then, It would be believable that increase in usage of kiran and decrease in sulia has helped the society to remain more healthy. In conclusion, the passage contains several flaws that need more information and supportive. There would be more causes to healthy lifestyle, validity of the survey conducted, and the necessity of taking kiran and sulia for human body are the topics that need more support to be addressed by the author. Supporting this point may strengthen the argument well. Your comments are needed. Thank you,

Issue Topic Educational institutions should dissuade students from pursuing fields of study in which they are unlikely to succeed. Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider the possible consequences of implementing the policy and explain how these consequences shape your position. Of course success is very important for everyone in life. I don’t think there would be a single reason behind our failure or success but there are different formulas which may or may not work for each specific person. So, I don’t think that the educational institutions would be the only determining factor. First, it is not easy to predict accurately the way to success and there is no specific formula for it. Even, educational institution has proved that they cannot foresee that path precisely. For example, we have many magnates as Bill Gate that they were failed while studying in their schools but later on they have appeared as influential figure in the business and shocked everyone’s with their success. It shows that the institution didn’t realize the power in this magnates which lead them to success. Second, there is no norm or standard for all institutions to follow. Even though, all institutes are not in same level. Thus, they will have different recognition of the student’s strengths, weakness and finally decision. Therefore, it will be ambiguous that how the educational institution will function when they determining the path which will eventually confuse the student. It doesn’t work as simply it looks. Third, no one knows the real ability, strength, and weakness of a person than his-self. This contemplation give us confidence and energy. I am very good at management and perceive that I will be a good manager in construction project. However, my instructor was encouraging me to become a designer but I knew that I will be never a good designer. Because, despite of my great score in those subjects, they were very boring for me. Thus, it is a person who can decide well about himself not the institution. To sum up, I disagree that educational institutions should dishearten the student from pursuing the field that are not likely to succeed. I belief this because the complexity of the way to success, lack of a standard determining norm for schools - different levels of institutes and perception of a person from their own ability are showing that institutions should not interfere about students decisions to select the fields of study. Your comments would be highly appreciated. Thank you, Sefat