Entry 1 (Magazine)

The 7 Steps of Highly Cool People

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: Mohd Azwan bin Abdul Jalil, UiTM # 2010562763

                The article quite interesting to read, which is presenting the ‘7 points’ of becoming ultra-cool, super suave –i-teenagers, but I found that the writer doesn’t have conclusive and enough points to persuade the readers to follow the steps to be a cooler person. This is because the writer wrote “Because I am an adult and I know better.”, “…because I am ‘The Guru of Cool’.” this is already show that more to appeal to ignorance. There is no conclusive evidence to show that the adult know well than the teenagers.

                The next fallacies that the readers can find in this article is sweeping generalisation. Which is the writer said that “In Western countries, people spit on any Skinhead they see.” The sample of the writer used is not large enough to say that most Skinheads are Neo-Nazis. Plus the writer doesn’t have enough points to say that all the Skinhead are Neo-Nazis. The third fallacies can be found is slippery slope, where “Ecstasy or any other drug will react badly with your body chemistry and, in some cases, kill you instantly.” This is like a “domino effect”, if you take a drug your body will react badly, and if you unlucky, you will get kill by taking the drug.

     As conclusion, the article is quite good but not good enough to make the teenager be a cooler person. It is better to be yourself than be a hypocrite person by following the writer steps. Just be the way you are.

(250 words)

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