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 Adibah Binti Muhammad Fuad, UiTM # 2011200018

Based on the article that I have read, I agree with most of the statements made by the author. In the introduction paragraph, it is stated that for those who have diploma or degree may enter into their own desire job but unfortunately the chance to fulfill their dreams are not easy due to high competition. I agree with the author on this statement. Furthermore, I found that Airil Haimi Mohd Adnan who is the Pro-chief Executive Of Uforia of Excellence at UiTM Perak had provided a conclusive evidence by providing a statistic showing that certain desired job has too many people competing for it. There is also a statement that can be an example of appeal to novelty which is “ Buktinya, ada graduan yang sudah berjaya kerana mereka ‘lebih dari layak’ berdasarkan semua kriteria di dalam rajah FKI ”. This claim assumes the newness of an idea as evidence of its truth.

In contrary to my comments as above, I also found there is an example of hasty generalisation in the article. For example, the statement which says “ Statistik menunjukkan sesetengah ‘kerjaya impian’ tinggal impian semata-mata kerana terlalu ramai yang berminat dengan kerjaya itu. Sebagai contoh, untuk jawatan Pegawai Tadbir Kerajaan, kira-kira 30,000 graduan memohon”. This claim draw a conclusion based on a sample that not large enough. From the overall view of this article, I agree with most of the statements presented by the author in the article as those statements are supported by statistical evidence.

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