Counter Argument

Counter-Argument Essay “If you want to get ahead, have a lie-in” How many hours of sleep does the average person need? , According to National Sleep Foundation Magazine showed that teenagers need 9 hours on average a day to be attentive and alert while an adult need from 6 to 8 hours per day. In the article “If you want to get ahead, have a lie-in” by the British writer Tom Hodgkinson that was published in October 9, 2014, the author purpose that children needs more sleep than they get according to scientific experiment by giving them an extra hour of sleeping than the usual will prove that sleep can improve their performance during the day. Moreover, the author linked between the sleeping and the growth of the economy, He explained that lack of sleep is not just inferior for the health but
He used Hasty Generalization when He generalized that all the hard workers die early, without any logical proof or statistics. Moreover, he was appealing to pity, He tried to improve his point of view by using delicate word such as “grumpy, monosyllabic” and this may won readers attention also there were false analogy when he compared the scientific experiment of mice by humans and this was insufficient, and demonstrating the scene in the Woody Allen film Sleeper was appealing to authority.

In conclusion, the writer selected some credible and weak sources, and he used straightforward style of writing to deliver his viewpoint although there were few scientific words. He tried to convince the readers by giving assumptions and evidence but that was not reliable to proof his perspective. Tom delivered his side clearly by using his own words. Indeed more sleep can improve children behavior and make them more notified but on the other hand we should make them realize that time management can help them to get enough