劉文勇GRE寫作Argument題庫 Day 22

Day 22 According to a recent report, cheating among college and university is on the rise

According to a recent report, cheating among college and university students is on the rise. However, Groveton College has successfully reduced student cheating by adopting an honor code, which calls for students to agree not to cheat in their academic endeavors and to notify a faculty member if they suspect that others have cheated. Groveton's honor code replaced a system in which teachers closely monitored students; under that system, teachers reported an average of thirty cases of cheating per year. In the first year the honor code was in place, students reported twenty-one cases of cheating; five years later, this figure had dropped to fourteen. Moreover, in a recent survey, a majority of Groveton students said that they would be less likely to cheat with an honor code in place than without. Thus, all colleges and universities should adopt honor codes similar to Groveton's in order to decrease cheating among students.

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 recommendation.

五問：

（1）“Thus, all colleges and universities should adopt honor codes similar to Groveton's in order to decrease cheating among students”是結論，其余部分是事實，值得反駁嗎？

（2）適合特定大學的榮譽準則就一定適合其余所有大學嗎？大學與大學之間可能有諸多不同，學生素質、教學環(huán)境乃至作弊會受到的處罰都可能是不相同的，這無疑將影響榮譽準則實行的效果。

（3）Groveton 大學的榮譽準則的實施效果事實上并不堅實。被上報的作弊案例減少，就意味著作弊案例減少了嗎？你能說說其他的可能性嗎？例如：學生礙于情面，即使發(fā)現同學作弊，也不向老師匯報。

（4）作弊案例從 21起降到 14起，這兩個數字之間的差異是明顯的嗎？在沒有學生總數可進行對比的前提之下，我們無從判定這兩個數字之間的差異相較于學生總數來說是否明顯。

（5）最近的調查僅僅代表了大部分人的觀點，剩下少部分人的觀點如何呢？他們是否認為這一準則更有利于作弊了呢？因為老師不再密切監(jiān)督了。口頭調查一定可信嗎？是否有可能學生嘴上說一套，實際上做一套呢？