Can you evaluate this AWA and provide some suggestions?


ISSUE TASK:

Colleges and universities should require all faculty to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant to the courses they teach.

Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider the possible consequences of implementing the policy and explain how these consequences shape your position.

Response:

There have been a controversy in recent times that acquiring a degree from a college or an university is not turning out to be a profitable move. What measures can the college and university take to help resolve this issue? Can training their faculties in an different manner give out a solution? The answer to this is purely circumstantial. However, I mostly agree with the notion that these colleges should put up efforts in requiring their faculties to time outside aacademia in their relevant profession due to majorly two reasons.

First, exposing faculties to the outside world of academia will allow them to get interacted with the industrial world. This will not only informate them with vast exclusive knowledge but would also allow them to know the current trend in their forte. For instance, a recent research survey on college faculties have shown that faculties that are known about the current demand in their profession can teach students in similar way by categorising the topics between outdated and contemporary domains than faculties who are unexposed to outside world of academia. This would not only make the faculties more up-to-date but it would also make the students more employable to the industrial world after they graduate as they are well informed about the current trend.

Secondly, academia have mostly been theoritical and analytical in most of the colleges and universities. Due to this, faculties are not so aware about the real-life application of the courses their profession are required to teach. It would be far to beneficial, if a policy to require faculties to spend time outside their academic world and get irradiated by the real-life problem solving with their profession. For instance, Lionardo Da Vinci had a profound knowledge on medical studies, astrology, engineering and painting. The fact that he is still so well known is due to his inventions. Moreover, he have already theorise a concept on helicopters during his time, but he never got the chance to turn it into a physical model. If he had done so, he would be far too famed as he is now. Therefore, if a faculty is aware of the importance of turning a concpet into reality, he would teach his student in similar manner, making their students industry-ready to get hired.

However, sometimes the cases doesn't turn out to be as it should be. Requiring a faculty to spend time outside their academic world can lead to distraction and unwanted exposure. Consider Albert einstein for instance, the fact that he could think far ahead of what is being thought, made him who is he. If he had spent time outside of his thoughts, the world might not be blessed by his theories. Thus, this requirement of faculties might not turn into an lucrative option.

In conclusion, the merits of exposing a faculty to a world outside of academia, gives a new way of teaching his students. This will not only motivate students to stay focussed but would also help them in building a career in it.

ARGUMENT TASK:

The following appeared on the Mozart School of Music Web site.

“The Mozart School of Music should be the first choice for parents considering enrolling their child in music lessons. First of all, the Mozart School welcomes youngsters at all ability and age levels; there is no audition to attend the school. Second, the school offers instruction in nearly all musical instruments as well as a wide range of styles and genres from classical to rock. Third, the faculty includes some of the most distinguished musicians in the area. Finally, many Mozart graduates have gone on to become well-known and highly paid professional musicians.”

Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.

Response:

The article on the Mozart School of Music Web site suggests that parents should be considering enrolling their children to Mozart School of Music for Music lessons. The author makes this recommendation due to four facts: first, students of all presonalities are welcomed; second, potpouri of musical instructions are provided to admits; third, the school has reknown musicians as faculties; fourth, their graduates have been proven very successfull. However, before considering this argument, follow three assumptions must be clearified.

First, the author assumes that the schooling environment is favorable for children to enroll into. In other words, due to the fact that children of every personalities are admitted in the school, there is a possibiliy that the environment would be tainted by some bad students. This is similar to placing a rotten apple on a stock of fresh apples, where the rotten one ultimately spoils the whole. Thus, if there exist an immoral and badly parented child, this would multiply to an even bigger problem and create an unjudicious atmosphere for future enrollments. If this is true then parents would not be willing to admit their children in this school and the recommendation would not hold water.

Secondly, the author mentions that there are instructions provided on various musical instruments as well as a wide range of styles and generes from classical to rock, but no where the argument is underpinned by the premise that the students are put into actual practice on these instruments. Perhaps, the students are instructed on theological techniques on using the muscial instruments. If this is true then the students would be exposed to zero hours of actual hands on practice. And inorder to excel into these instrument, practice is a must factor. If this is true then the arguemet would be flawed.

Thirdly, he author states that the faculties include reknown musicians and assumes that these musicians would in fact actually be instructing the enrolled students. There is a possibility that the school has hired these musicians just to attract admits. Moreover, it can also be true that these musicians due to their busy schedule, would in fact find time to provide lessons to the enrolled students. If this case is true then it is unjustifiable to the parents of the admitted childrens to enroll into the school due to the fact that they would be training with highly succeessfull faculties. If this is true then the authors consideration would not hold water.

In conclusion, the arguement as of now is rife with holes. If more evidence are provided on the learning atmoosphere the admitted children are subjected into, the author's recommendation might hold water. Moreover, this can be so if additionlly, more practice hours are provided alongwith some special lession by the reknown musicians. If these are evidently undergirded, the argument could be considerable.


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