Fallacy.
This was also a word I've heard of for the first time in ICU.
I've lived for 18 years and there are still A LOT of new things to get to know since this April. I'm enjoying my life here at ICU:)
Okay, back to the class review.
We read LBH, learned about fallacies and how to recognize them. I was surprised to see that there were names for each types of fallacies and that we need to be able to distinguish them in those names in PWT.
Then we moved on to a handout with an article titled "Deletion of English from Entrance Exams Urged". This article, I couldn't believe that this was actually published because it was full of fallacies, included assumptions, and not supported by enough convincing evidences. The argument jumped from one topic to another without supplying enough arguments for each topic. Or it could be said that the article had the fallacy called 'Red Herring'.
Even besides these elementary errors, I disagree with the writer in many reasons. One of them is that taking English out of entrance exams does not make students like English. It would most likely be that it just urge the students to focus more on the other subjects and not study English.
After this article, we learned how to think logically, using deductive and inductive thinking.
A good news from Rab!
We have one more day to improve our essays.
As I read the announcement, however, I thought, 'wait, can I just trust Rab and accept this?'
I'm now being suspicious, going beyond critical thinking!
The retreat is already just four hours away now....
For the next two days, let's forget about our homeworks and have fun!
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