4.0 GPA…Pacific Teen Panel…two volley ball teams…taking three dance classes a week…teaching two dance classes a week…Vice-President of Keystone…National Honor Society…stage band…work…That is my schedule. These are the things I do every week. I am an extremely busy student. I usually don’t get home until 7;30 or 8:00 every night, and I haven’t even glanced at my homework. I’m then staying up until the early hours of morning doing the homework my teachers have assigned me. it is stressful. I am only one of many students who are busy on a day-to-day basis because of school. This is what Vicki Abeles talks about in her article, “Is the Drive for Success Making Our Children Sick?” Vicki uses statistics/testimonies and charged phrases to convey the
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Vicki says that “5-6-[and] 7-year-olds are coming down with [depression]” caused by stress. She could have said ‘younger students,’ but she chose to be specific because it makes the readers feel as if they knew the child. By saying “five-six-[and] seven-year-olds” it makes the readers feel bad. These students are kindergarteners, maybe first graders; they are depressed because of school. How would you feel if your little sister was being diagnosed with depression due to stress from her schooling? Vicki also said that “we are sitting time bomb” referring to how schools are giving students to much homework for them to cope with. The phrase “ticking time bomb” makes the readers feel as if this is a bigger problem than it may actually be. Bombs tick, tick, tick until the explode; that is what Vicki is emphasizing about students’ stress levels. Their stress will build, and build, and build until the students can’t take it any longer. Everything caves in on them. She used charged phrases to make the readers feel different emotions. These emotions provoked a ‘parent reflex’ in them. It makes the readers wat to protect the children by doing something instead of waiting for someone else. Therefore, Vicki Abeles uses charged phrases to support her
Vicki says that “5-6-[and] 7-year-olds are coming down with [depression]” caused by stress. She could have said ‘younger students,’ but she chose to be specific because it makes the readers feel as if they knew the child. By saying “five-six-[and] seven-year-olds” it makes the readers feel bad. These students are kindergarteners, maybe first graders; they are depressed because of school. How would you feel if your little sister was being diagnosed with depression due to stress from her schooling? Vicki also said that “we are sitting time bomb” referring to how schools are giving students to much homework for them to cope with. The phrase “ticking time bomb” makes the readers feel as if this is a bigger problem than it may actually be. Bombs tick, tick, tick until the explode; that is what Vicki is emphasizing about students’ stress levels. Their stress will build, and build, and build until the students can’t take it any longer. Everything caves in on them. She used charged phrases to make the readers feel different emotions. These emotions provoked a ‘parent reflex’ in them. It makes the readers wat to protect the children by doing something instead of waiting for someone else. Therefore, Vicki Abeles uses charged phrases to support her