Arguments for, against or in-between? Thursday, March 12, 2009

Today we reviewed the structure of an argumentative text. We also tried to find as many arguments as possible for the following opinions:

Money makes you happy
Money doesn't make you happy

The way you look and the way you dress is very important
The way you look and the way you dress doesn't matter

Being on time is very important
Being on time is not important

We came to the conclusion that arguing for something you don't really believe in is quite difficult.
It's also true that our opinions on certain issues are not necessarily "black or white". Usually we are somewhere in between the two statements like: "Having money won't hurt you, but it doesn't necessarily make you happy in the long run" or that "the way you look and the way you dress is important to a certain extent, but other qualities are important as well". Time is sometimes looked upon differently depending on the context or the culture.

However, we managed to come up with plenty of ideas supporting each opinion and we had an interesting discussion.