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　　III. Consider

　　Does criticism do more harm than good to people?

　　Arguments

　　1. One will improve only with criticism because generally speaking, one knows one’s good qualities better than one’s bad.

　　2. Criticism helps people to know their negative qualities better and will add to their self-knowledge.

　　3. Very often criticism is more useful than compliments because those criticized can improve and will not make the same mistakes in the future.

　　4. Being criticized means to be judged. Such judgment implies a change, we may feel the need to demand it of ourselves.

　　5. Criticism works effectively when it focuses on the task that is being done.

　　6. One should not take a negative attitude towards criticism, for such an attitude will keep one from knowing what others really think of one.

　　7. In our childhood we all got a great deal of criticism and, as a result, learning how to handle criticism is not new to us.

　　8. Criticism to us is like medicine to the sick

　　9. Only those who care for us will offer us criticism in order to stop us from erring.

　　10. Even though some criticism comes from unfriendly intentions, still it can be taken as a warning.

　　Counter-arguments