Summary Of A Possible Counter Argument

Argument (2-3 sentences stating the argument the author presents) Quote from text Is the argument logical? Why or why not? Explain. (Things to think about: Does the argument makes sense to you. Does it rely too much on emotion? Is there a fallacy in the logic? Is adequate support given to prove the argument?) Counter Argument. Present a possible counter argument (a point someone on the opposing side of the issue might address) to the claim.

The common view is that one must be in an Ivy league school to be successful. That is untrue; people do not have to go to Ivy league schools to be successful. “And here’s the list [of American corporations with the highest gross revenues in order] of schools were the chief executives got their undergraduate degrees: University of Arkansas; the

Present a possible counter argument (a point someone on the opposing side of the issue might address) to the claim.

Many people can’t imagine that there’d be any disadvantages of going to an elite college. There are real disadvantages, however, of going to an elite college. “Three researchers wath an initiative called the Good project, which is housed within the graduate school of education at Harvard conducted interviews with forty members of harvard 's undergraduate class of 2013 during their final, senior year. And they concluded that a education had a ‘funnel effect.’ ‘Though students enter college with a diverse set of interests, by senior year, most of them seem to focus on a narrow set of jobs,’ the authors wrote.”

-pg 162 The argument is logical, because it is based of a credible team of researchers and it further evidence is a significant quantity of evidence is provided to support the argument in other sections of the text outside of the provided quote. There are no significant disadvantages of going to an elite college. It is not bad for students to focus on a more particular set of jobs in a society of