Entry 2 (newspaper)

                  

Tanya Pakar : 6 Formula Kerjaya Impian.

Submitted to: Airil Haimi Mohd Adnan, tutor

In partial requirement for BEL 313, Introduction to Critical Thinking.

Test #2, Semester 1 2013/2014, 

Universiti Teknologi MARA, Seri Iskandar Campus, 

Perak Darul Ridzuan.

Submitted by: Nur Afiqah Binti Abdul Jalal Zaidi, UiTM #2011237036

I think that this article is an interesting to read for teenagers. The teenagers can follow the steps given by the author but to work on some points the teenagers themselves need employ their own rationale base on the future impact. First fallacy use in the article is appeal to inappropriate authority. For example, the author wrote that the readers should follow the seven steps by the statement “Because I am an adult and I know better…because I am “The Guru of Cool”. How can the author thinks he is an adult and his lifestyle was cool to himself, so he knows by follow his step we as teenagers can be cool?

          Second fallacy the author use is a slippery slope. This is trough the statement “It makes your teeth go yellow and gives a pungent stench to your sweat” which are all about the bad effects of smoking to people. Besides that, the author also includes the fallacy of appeal to tradition. He stated “Some of you are allowed to drink alcohol when you come of age”. So then, how about the Muslim teenagers? In Islam, Muslims are truly forbidden to drink alcohol and even to be in the environment that is related to alcohol.

         As in conclusion, I think this article is good to read for teenagers and it encourages them to become cool in their life. This article is also provides many useful tips for all readers especially for me. So this article is cool and nice.   

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                                                                                             -fiqah-