For my argument that uses logos, I chose "Students mark 21st birthdays with 'extreme' drinking: 44% say they blacked out after going beyond 'bingeing'" from USA Today. This article discusses how many college students spend their 21st birthday. The writer uses a lot of statistics based on findings from various University studies. The studies conducted different surveys and interviews to find out the percentage of those that drank, how much they drank, and the consequences that they experienced afterwards. The article does make sure to mention that no nation-wide studies have been done, but that there have been many University studies that have found similar results. The studies found that, on average, women celebrate their 21st birthday with nine drinks, and men celebrate theirs with twelve drinks, and that of all students studied, about 78% of them suffered bad consequences. A study also found that once a person turns 21, they drink more often, but the amount decreases. In addition, it found that drinking after driving increases by 6% after turning 21. I believe this article was written to argue whether or not the drinking age should be changed, or to discuss what measures need to be taken to reduce the binge drinking of college students.
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That's a scary article. I guess it's a good thing that when the people turned 21, they seemed to drink smaller amounts at a time. That reduces the risk of them getting alcohol poisoning, but since they appear to be doing it more often I hope it doesn't make them more likely to turn into alcoholics. I wonder how the statistics would turn out if a nationwide study was actually done?!
This is a believable article. I was surprised however to see that the average was twelve drinks for a man on his twenty-first. That is a high average. It is understandable that those drink less when they turn 21.
I bet the drinking and driving after 21 decreases in severity.
this makes sense. Once you have something available to you it's not as exciting to try and get it. Half the part of why kids break rules is cause its something they arent suppose to do. Thats why I think they amount of drinking would go down because now it's not "breaking the rules" to drink.
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