Sample Argument #1

The argument that our group decided to use is a picture of a football player after his championship game. The man is making a celebratory gesture with his hands and appears to be jumping in the air with a smile on his face. The context of this argument is that the man in the picture played football for a team who was expected to lose the final game. Or in other words they were the underdogs. Contrary to all expectations, the team ended up winning the championship. The football player in the picture is arguing that you should never underestimate anyone or any team.

I would say that this argument could be meaningful to just about anyone, but in this instance the man is speaking to all the other teams who underestimated him. When we underestimate things we tend to not give it our all and a lot of the time we fail. This picture is a classic example of our human tendency to undervalue each other.

Another argument we looked at in our group was "Making the Grade by Eating Smart" from my school planner. This statement makes the argument that if you eat the right types of food you can make good grades in school. While there seems to be some correlation between eating healthy and doing well in school, I think the argument out reaches itself. To me "Making the Grade by Eating Smart" says that all you have to do is eat the right things and getting good grades will just happen. Regardless of this, I do think the argument is a positive message for college students and a step in the right direction.