Effective Writing 10th Edition by Claire May,Gordon May

Exercise 3

Your school is considering a new attendance policy. If this policy is adopted, students will be allowed only three absences for each class during the term. After the fourth absence, the registrar's office will suspend the student. Suspended students will be allowed to appeal the suspension if they can offer documented evidence that they missed the classes for legitimate reasons, such as illness, a death in the family, or jury duty.
Do you believe the new attendance policy should be adopted? Following the guidelines for critical thinking discussed in this chapter, decide where you stand on this issue. (Remember the importance of identifying and responding to counterarguments.) After you have formed your conclusions, write your argument in the form of a letter to the Dean of Students at your school. Chapter 9 discusses letters.