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Article Critique
Article Critique
College is known as a place where someone can build their subject knowledge
and learn a variety of skills. Recently, with the rising costs of college tuitions,
many people view a college degree as irrelevant.This matter is discussed by
Archer(2013) in his article “College debt: necessary evil or Ponzi scheme?”. De-
spite the fact that many people agree with the issue he discusses, his argument
cannot be agreed on due to many flaws.
In the article “College debt: necessary evil or Ponzi scheme?”, Arther(2013) ar-
gues that college is not as worth as it used to be. To begin with, he highlights that
college leaves students with high loans and debts that they can’t pay. Further-
more, a diploma does not provide a decent and a high paying job or many. Finally,
a person can gain more from a trade schools than college.
Based on the above, the writer weakly backed his claim. First, the usage of
plenty of evidence without mentions any resources displays a lack of credibility.
Second, the constant contrast between the past college tuitions and today’s
weakens his article considering the difference between the past and present. In
addition, Archer’s judgement is clearly shaped by his personal opinion which
made the article less reliable. In brief, the writer’s direct attack on colleges led the
article to be less logical.