This article was posted in the Charlotte Observer today actually.
The thesis of this article is "Increasing charter schools, giving public schools letter grades, abolishing a teacher tenure and piling on new standardized tests - all moves that have been passed or proposed by the state legislature - that hurt kids and enrich corporations."
The organization is well thought out. The author, Ann Doss Helms first talks about Diane Ravitch, education author and advocate. Helms continues to quote Ravitch through out the entire piece. Ravitch made a speech in which she believes North Carolina's education is headed down a destructive path. Towards the end she starts using quotes on how everything could possibly be fixed
Since she is quoting someone of authority throughout this whole piece, that is her complete evidence and a rhetorical technique: ethos. She some interesting choice of diction too, using words such as "surge, abolishing and seized."
All in all Helms does a good job of laying out her argument, even if it is a lot of quotes from Ravitch and her own opinion. Its an article that a parent could pick up and feel the need to get involved in their child's public school.
1) I concluded with "All in all..." too!
ReplyDelete2) You could have been a tad bit more thorough with your assessment.
- How is the organization well thought out? Talk about the structure of the article.
-Elaborate on the thesis. Why do you think this is the thesis?
-What are the main points?
-If I was a teacher and they were talking about cutting tenure, that would be an appeal to pathos.
-How/why is NC's education headed down a destructive path?