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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

"College"



The movie PCU is about a high school senior, interested in attending Port Chester University, who takes a trip to the school to view the campus and the college life. After taking a long bus ride to the university, he finds the person that someone suggested he see about being given a tour of the university. When he meets the guy and asks him for a tour, the guy declines to show him around. Not willing to take no for an answer, the "pre-fresh" incessantly demands that the guy give him a tour.

Still not willing to give a tour, the college student gives him a quick overview of "college". He says to him that "Beer will be your best friend, drink lots of it. You're a freshman, so girls will pretty much be out of the question. Don't sign up for any classes before eleven o'clock."

This advice would fall into the category of a red herring fallacy. His advice suggests that all college is about is getting drunk, having sex, and partying so much that early classes should be averted. The pre-fresh is misled into thinking that this is what college will be like and isn't shown that there is actually another side of college where you actually have to go to class and learn.

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