Grounding on the poll of 200 charitable organizations and the economic indicators, supposing that there is a decrease in donations for educational field, and then synthesizing the hypothesis that people tends to donate less to educational institutions even if they get higher income, the author accordingly suggests that people put less emphasis on education than before.
Citing the poll conducted among 200 different charitable organizations, the author noticed a decrease in the donation to the educational ones. Comparing to the increase in donation of the other fields, the author thus assumes that people take education less seriously. However, the argument did not provide the information of how the poll was conducted, who responded to the poll and why these 200 organizations were chose. Perhaps there are another 200 educational charitable organizations not involved in this poll which actually showed an increased donation. Or maybe last year, the society was confronted an environmental crisis and thus draw the attention of the public to donate. There is also a good chance that other countries encounter natural disasters or suffer from endemic disease, and therefore result in shortages of resources which require helps from international aid groups. Since we only know the percentages instead of hard numbers, it is possible that the real amount of the educational donation actually surpass the amount of others. The author should rule out the above possibilities to make the statement more convincing.
Moreover, the author’s though is that higher incomes will translate into more donations. This may well be, but what if people just want to spend their increased earning on recreational activities as a reward of hard working? People’s habits of making donation should be set forth before establishing this causal relationship. Otherwise, the increased income is not a reliable prognostic factor at all. In addition, an economic indicator of a single year cannot be representative of the overall income status of the people. What if people in fact work hard to make ends meet in the other years? A rare wage increase and a decrease in the donation in education may simply be a coincidence. The author fails to justifiably conclude that people place less importance on education is the cause of lower educational donation.
In sum, drawing a conclusion that people place less value on education based on several unwarranted assumptions seems to be unpersuasive as it stands.
Grounding on the
poll
of 200 charitable
organizations
and the economic indicators, supposing that there is a decrease in
donations
for
educational
field, and then synthesizing the hypothesis that
people
tends
to donate
less
to
educational
institutions even if they
get
higher
income
, the
author
accordingly
suggests that
people
put
less
emphasis on
education
than
before
.
Citing the
poll
conducted among 200
different
charitable
organizations
, the
author
noticed a decrease in the
donation
to the
educational
ones. Comparing to the increase in
donation
of the
other
fields, the
author
thus
assumes that
people
take
education
less
seriously
.
However
, the argument did not provide the information of how the
poll
was conducted
, who responded to the
poll
and why these 200
organizations
were
chose
. Perhaps there are another 200
educational
charitable
organizations
not involved in this
poll
which actually
showed
an increased
donation
. Or maybe last year, the society
was confronted
an environmental crisis and
thus
draw the attention of the public to donate. There is
also
a
good
chance that
other
countries encounter natural disasters or suffer from endemic disease, and
therefore
result in shortages of resources which require
helps
from international aid groups. Since we
only
know the percentages
instead
of
hard
numbers, it is possible that the real amount of the
educational
donation
actually surpass the amount of others. The
author
should
rule
out the above possibilities to
make
the statement more convincing.
Moreover
, the
author’s
though is that higher
incomes
will translate into more
donations
. This may well be,
but
what if
people
just
want to spend their increased earning on recreational activities as a reward of
hard working
?
People’s
habits of making
donation
should
be set
forth
before
establishing this causal relationship.
Otherwise
, the increased
income
is not a reliable prognostic factor at all.
In addition
, an economic indicator of a single year cannot be representative of the
overall
income
status of the
people
. What if
people
in fact work
hard
to
make
ends
meet
in the
other
years? A rare wage increase and a decrease in the
donation
in
education
may
simply
be a coincidence. The
author
fails to
justifiably
conclude that
people
place
less
importance on
education
is the cause of lower
educational
donation.
In sum, drawing a conclusion that
people
place
less
value on
education
based on several unwarranted assumptions seems to be unpersuasive as it stands.