ENTRY 2 (newspaper)

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 Drul Ridzuan.

Submitted by: Fatin Syazwani binti Hashim, Uitm # 2011247448

I think this article is very nice and a suitable reading material for all peoples especially the universities’ students. The author is very clever because she writes the article based on the famous issue today. Now, many graduated students are jobless. There also have several fallacies in this article. First fallacy is appeal to ignorance. “Statistik menunjukkan sesetengah ‘kerjaya impian’ tinggal impian semata-mata kerana terlalu ramai yang berminat dengan kerjaya itu”. There is no further explanation provided by the author about the statistic. She should provide the evidence so that the readers can see it clearly. Hence, the points of formula to get successful careers given in the article are very good and useful for the readers.

 The other fallacy is hasty generalization. “Graduan mestilah memperoleh Nilai Purata Gred Keseluruhan-PNGK (CGPA) tidak kurang daripada 3.00 dan 3.50 ke atas untuk memohon pekerjaan di firma antarabangsa”. Many employers think that the higher the pointer, the cleverer the students. They assume  that excellent students are more trustworthy and can do their job very well. Actually, they cannot judge people based on their results.

Other than that, the author also use the fallacy of appeal to novelty. “Buktinya, ada graduan yang sudah berjaya kerana mereka ‘lebih dari layak’ berdasarkan semua kriteria di dalam rajah Formula Kerjaya Impian (FKI) “.However, not all people that have those criteria will get the job. Lastly, the author is excellent because in the end of this article, she includes the information she obtains from person that she interview.

(250 words)

 Fatin