Serve or Fail
Summary
The article “Serve or Fail” discusses the argument of whether college students should be required to perform a certain amount of community service hours in order to graduate. The author describes the substantial benefits college students and communities alike would receive by the proposal of a community service requirement that would be mandatory for students who wanted to graduate. The opposition to this proposal is the idea that students would act inappropriately during this forced philanthropy. Overall the article focuses on equal sides of the arguments, discussing each one thoroughly.
Thesis
The author states that students should be required to perform community service in order to graduate college.
Support
The author has a college diploma under his belt. His knowledge of the college student life allows him to make valid points in the discussion. The author thinks that it is necessary for college students to perform community service in order to receive substantial benefits. Some of the included benefits could be gaining new knowledge relating to their major and even discovering a potential career. The author believes that college students are at a point in their life where they are able to grasp the concept of helping their communities at a more profound level. Their maturity and their ability to handle a variety of tasks allows them to make an immense impact. He strongly believes that colleges are more than able to “foster” a philanthropist type of life onto their students. The work that would be done during their college years would encourage them to continue their philanthropy even after graduating college. The implement of the rule requiring students to perform community service would be similar to the rules that students are already following in college. Students are required to complete certain courses in order to get their diploma, another rule enacted by their college would be nothing new. Their belief in the dedication and wisdom of their respective colleges would be enough to convince them of the effectiveness of the philanthropy life set by them.
Warrants
The author expects the audience to have an understanding of how the college life is. If the reader is not familiar with life lived by college students they will fail to understand the point that the author is making. The audience needs to have an outlook from the students’ perspective. Aside from understanding the experiences these students go through, the reader must also believe that philanthropy is beneficial. Without this belief the author’s proposal of community service being required for graduation will not be supported.
Conclusion
The article is successful in effectively discussing the argument. The article shows great strength in that; the author is knowledgeable about the subject at hand. Eggers is able to fully discuss the proposal of community service with his personal attachment to it. The experience that he has with being a college student allows him to make valid arguments in the discussion. There are no weaknesses in the article, the author has an abundant amount of knowledge that makes him substantially credible in the discussion. Overall the article is satisfactory in the discussion of the proposal being made. The idea is expressed thoroughly.
Summary
The article “Serve or Fail” discusses the argument of whether college students should be required to perform a certain amount of community service hours in order to graduate. The author describes the substantial benefits college students and communities alike would receive by the proposal of a community service requirement that would be mandatory for students who wanted to graduate. The opposition to this proposal is the idea that students would act inappropriately during this forced philanthropy. Overall the article focuses on equal sides of the arguments, discussing each one thoroughly.
Thesis
The author states that students should be required to perform community service in order to graduate college.
Support
The author has a college diploma under his belt. His knowledge of the college student life allows him to make valid points in the discussion. The author thinks that it is necessary for college students to perform community service in order to receive substantial benefits. Some of the included benefits could be gaining new knowledge relating to their major and even discovering a potential career. The author believes that college students are at a point in their life where they are able to grasp the concept of helping their communities at a more profound level. Their maturity and their ability to handle a variety of tasks allows them to make an immense impact. He strongly believes that colleges are more than able to “foster” a philanthropist type of life onto their students. The work that would be done during their college years would encourage them to continue their philanthropy even after graduating college. The implement of the rule requiring students to perform community service would be similar to the rules that students are already following in college. Students are required to complete certain courses in order to get their diploma, another rule enacted by their college would be nothing new. Their belief in the dedication and wisdom of their respective colleges would be enough to convince them of the effectiveness of the philanthropy life set by them.
Warrants
The author expects the audience to have an understanding of how the college life is. If the reader is not familiar with life lived by college students they will fail to understand the point that the author is making. The audience needs to have an outlook from the students’ perspective. Aside from understanding the experiences these students go through, the reader must also believe that philanthropy is beneficial. Without this belief the author’s proposal of community service being required for graduation will not be supported.
Conclusion
The article is successful in effectively discussing the argument. The article shows great strength in that; the author is knowledgeable about the subject at hand. Eggers is able to fully discuss the proposal of community service with his personal attachment to it. The experience that he has with being a college student allows him to make valid arguments in the discussion. There are no weaknesses in the article, the author has an abundant amount of knowledge that makes him substantially credible in the discussion. Overall the article is satisfactory in the discussion of the proposal being made. The idea is expressed thoroughly.