Text 1 (Magazine)

Submitted  to: Airil Haimi Mohd Adnan, tutor

In partial requirement for BEL313,

Introduction to Critical Thinking.

Test#2, Semester 1 2013/2014,

Universiti Teknologi MARA, Seri Iskandar Campus, Perak Darul Ridzuan.

Submitted by: Nurul Hidayah binti Razim, UiTM # 2011667382

The 7 Steps of Highly Cool People

After reading this article, I found it is an interesting source of knowledge to live as a highly cool people. But, I think the article is quite rubbish because the author thinks he is ‘The Guru of Cool’, he recommend teenagers to memorize his 7 steps to be cool people. Because of this, how can we bluntly follow all the steps as we were today’s teenagers that live in a different lifestyle and environment?

The author said “because I am an adult and I know better”, there is an appeal to ignorance fallacy because all the point that the author provide is just a personal opinion from his view. Yet, there are no facts or evidence to be included to support his point. The author also uses fallacy appeal to tradition. I found that when the author said,” I know, I know, some of you are allowed to drink alcohol when you come of age”. But, that is allowed for non-Muslim teenagers only. Other than that, the author also use appeal to inappropriate authority fallacy. It is found from the sentence “even my friends tell me dancing is the best form of exercise, and it is definitely not a crime”. But, the author’s friend is not an expert in the field of exercise.

As a conclusion, the article is fun to read but the author cannot expect the teenagers to follow his steps to be a highly cool people. It is because not all teenagers today can accept his way.

(250 words)

-hidayah-