In the article, "We Don't Need No Education," author Ben Hewitt conveys his position through literary and rhetorical techniques. To begin, the author uses a form of literature known as repetition. He uses this to get his point across in the article when he states, "This is what I want for my sons: freedom. Not just physical freedom, but intellectual and emotional freedom from the formulaic learning that prevails in our schools. I want for them the freedom to immerse themselves." In this little section, he repeats 'freedom' four times. I think the point he is trying to get across is he wants freedom for his children. Next, he uses a technique that is not so much literary, but more to the point. He uses many statistics that just seem to blow your mind. For example, "More than three million teens leave school annually, a number that makes up about 8% of the nation's 16 to 24 year olds. Drop outs comprise 75% of the state inmates and 59% of those in federal prison." This really says something to me and proves another point. People who are unschooled are still eager to go through the school experience and are unlikely to drop out and be unsuccessful. A more turgid technique is the author wanted to prove something by writing this article. To do this he got the opinions from others who thought like he did. Here's a quote from Peter Gray, "Children are forced to attend school, where they are stripped of their rights. The debate shouldn't be about whether school is prison, because unless you wanted to change the definition of prison, it is. It's like locking a child in a closet." This quote is one that makes me stop and think for a second, and I think that was his goal... to make you think about what you just read and convince you to consider the topic. That's a very good technique so that's why he included it in the article. Finally, Ben Hewitt didn't just use literal and rhetorical techniques to persuade the readers, but he wrote about his passion and showed he was devoted to what he believed in. He says, "I want for them the freedom to be children. And no one can teach them how to do that." I believe that this one quote sums up the whole article and his passion for his children's success. I firmly believe that his passion is his writing was the strongest and most powerful technique he used. To summarize, the author used a variety of techniques and did a very good job conveying his position in this article.
Monday, September 8, 2014
Tony Cerce
In the article, "We Don't Need No Education," author Ben Hewitt conveys his position through literary and rhetorical techniques. To begin, the author uses a form of literature known as repetition. He uses this to get his point across in the article when he states, "This is what I want for my sons: freedom. Not just physical freedom, but intellectual and emotional freedom from the formulaic learning that prevails in our schools. I want for them the freedom to immerse themselves." In this little section, he repeats 'freedom' four times. I think the point he is trying to get across is he wants freedom for his children. Next, he uses a technique that is not so much literary, but more to the point. He uses many statistics that just seem to blow your mind. For example, "More than three million teens leave school annually, a number that makes up about 8% of the nation's 16 to 24 year olds. Drop outs comprise 75% of the state inmates and 59% of those in federal prison." This really says something to me and proves another point. People who are unschooled are still eager to go through the school experience and are unlikely to drop out and be unsuccessful. A more turgid technique is the author wanted to prove something by writing this article. To do this he got the opinions from others who thought like he did. Here's a quote from Peter Gray, "Children are forced to attend school, where they are stripped of their rights. The debate shouldn't be about whether school is prison, because unless you wanted to change the definition of prison, it is. It's like locking a child in a closet." This quote is one that makes me stop and think for a second, and I think that was his goal... to make you think about what you just read and convince you to consider the topic. That's a very good technique so that's why he included it in the article. Finally, Ben Hewitt didn't just use literal and rhetorical techniques to persuade the readers, but he wrote about his passion and showed he was devoted to what he believed in. He says, "I want for them the freedom to be children. And no one can teach them how to do that." I believe that this one quote sums up the whole article and his passion for his children's success. I firmly believe that his passion is his writing was the strongest and most powerful technique he used. To summarize, the author used a variety of techniques and did a very good job conveying his position in this article.
In the article, "We Don't Need No Education," author Ben Hewitt conveys his position through literary and rhetorical techniques. To begin, the author uses a form of literature known as repetition. He uses this to get his point across in the article when he states, "This is what I want for my sons: freedom. Not just physical freedom, but intellectual and emotional freedom from the formulaic learning that prevails in our schools. I want for them the freedom to immerse themselves." In this little section, he repeats 'freedom' four times. I think the point he is trying to get across is he wants freedom for his children. Next, he uses a technique that is not so much literary, but more to the point. He uses many statistics that just seem to blow your mind. For example, "More than three million teens leave school annually, a number that makes up about 8% of the nation's 16 to 24 year olds. Drop outs comprise 75% of the state inmates and 59% of those in federal prison." This really says something to me and proves another point. People who are unschooled are still eager to go through the school experience and are unlikely to drop out and be unsuccessful. A more turgid technique is the author wanted to prove something by writing this article. To do this he got the opinions from others who thought like he did. Here's a quote from Peter Gray, "Children are forced to attend school, where they are stripped of their rights. The debate shouldn't be about whether school is prison, because unless you wanted to change the definition of prison, it is. It's like locking a child in a closet." This quote is one that makes me stop and think for a second, and I think that was his goal... to make you think about what you just read and convince you to consider the topic. That's a very good technique so that's why he included it in the article. Finally, Ben Hewitt didn't just use literal and rhetorical techniques to persuade the readers, but he wrote about his passion and showed he was devoted to what he believed in. He says, "I want for them the freedom to be children. And no one can teach them how to do that." I believe that this one quote sums up the whole article and his passion for his children's success. I firmly believe that his passion is his writing was the strongest and most powerful technique he used. To summarize, the author used a variety of techniques and did a very good job conveying his position in this article.
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