what points shd i present in these arguments. help!!!

**juhi_gupta** · 07-15-2007, 05:03 PM

The following is a memo from the principal of Academia High School.
"Academia High School should abolish its after-school performing-arts programs and replace them with computer-technology programs. When nearby Techno High School did so last year, total enrollment in all of its after-school activities remained about the same. Moreover, on entering college, many Techno students chose a major directly related to their after-school activities. On the other hand, last year only 10 percent of Academia's graduating seniors chose performing arts as their major field of study in their first year of college, clearly indicating that most students do not have a strong interest in the performing arts."
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The following appeared in an environmental newsletter published in Tria Island.
"The marine sanctuary on Tria Island was established to protect certain marine mammals. Its regulations ban dumping and offshore oil drilling within 20 miles of Tria, but fishing is not banned. Currently many fish populations in Tria's waters are declining, a situation blamed on pollution. In contrast, the marine sanctuary on Omni Island has regulations that ban dumping, offshore oil drilling, and fishing within 10 miles of Omni and Omni reports no significant decline in its fish populations. Clearly, the decline in fish populations in Tria's waters is the result of overfishing, not pollution. Therefore, the best way to restore Tria's fish populations and to protect all of Tria's marine wildlife is to abandon our regulations and adopt those of Omni."

**publicname** · 07-18-2007, 07:55 AM

[quote=juhi_gupta;467927]

The following is a memo from the principal of Academia High School.
"Academia High School should abolish its after-school performing-arts programs and replace them with computer-technology programs. When nearby Techno High School did so last year, total enrollment in all of its after-school activities remained about the same. Moreover, on entering college, many Techno students chose a major directly related to their after-school activities. On the other hand, last year only 10 percent of Academia's graduating seniors chose performing arts as their major field of study in their first year of college, clearly indicating that most students do not have a strong interest in the performing arts."
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carefully examine each sentence in the argument, ask yourself some relative question, then you'll be able to find out some logical fallacies

take the first one as an example:

Does the arguer provide any substantial evidence that the compute programs in T high school are successful?

assuming the Techono high school chaning the after-school programs turn out to be a success, can it applies to Academic high school? Why?

Is there any evidence that most of students in academic high school do not have a strong interest in the performing arts? other alternative explanations can better describe the disparity betweent the number of students who choose computer as their major and those performing arts, such as they put the job in the first place

The arguer fails to consider the possiblity of keeping both formng arts programs and the computer technology programs.(eperither-or fallacy)