In the article, "U.S. government has 'dismally failed' to educate Native American children, lawsuit alleges,” author Emma Brown argues for the equal education of Native American children living on remote reservations. Brown supports this argument by telling the story of nine Havasupai Native American children who filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court in Arizona that stated that Native American children do not receive the same education as other American students. According to their lawsuit, their elementary school is understaffed with unqualified teachers who only teach English and math. The school refuses to cooperate and include tribal community leaders in these children’s education. For the fifty percent of students with special
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persuading them to notice and support this growing lawsuit. Her purpose is to inform her readers of the unacceptable learning conditions that reservation children are facing. She ultimately desires her readers to take action and to stand with these children as they face court. With her slightly biased tone, she focuses on only giving a Native American viewpoint. She does not include any reasons for why the U.S. government hasn’t been paying attention to their needs. This is effective though for her style of writing because she is very straightforward. She does not seem like the type of author to make excuses. Because of her genre, which is a news article, and the fact that it was posted on The Washington Post, Brown is able to reach a large, international community. She also kept her article brief and direct. This is effective because in a news article, readers want to be able to access information on current events quickly. Brown also effectively used ethos, the appeal to authority, pathos, the appeal to emotion, and logos, the appeal to logic. Brown used ethos just by writing for The Washington Post. In a demographic study conducted on the readers of The Washington Post, researcher found that 72% are college graduates and 34% have influence …show more content…
She begins by first talking to Delphine Jung, a teacher at a boarding school in the mountains on the Navajo reservation. She expresses concern that these Native American children can’t receive the most out of their education because of poor learning conditions, like no heater and run down boarding conditions. The only positive is that it is one of the only schools to teach Navajo culture including traditional singing, dancing, and language. To encourage more Native American tribes to oversee their own education, Tony Dearman, the current director of the Bureau of Indian Education, is introducing the Blueprint for Reform (BIE). Instead of inventing a new curriculum or hiring more teachers, this change will focus on building a new school building so students can spend more time focusing on learning. While Brown does note that there is some controversy on the new reform, she ends on a hopeful and positive
persuading them to notice and support this growing lawsuit. Her purpose is to inform her readers of the unacceptable learning conditions that reservation children are facing. She ultimately desires her readers to take action and to stand with these children as they face court. With her slightly biased tone, she focuses on only giving a Native American viewpoint. She does not include any reasons for why the U.S. government hasn’t been paying attention to their needs. This is effective though for her style of writing because she is very straightforward. She does not seem like the type of author to make excuses. Because of her genre, which is a news article, and the fact that it was posted on The Washington Post, Brown is able to reach a large, international community. She also kept her article brief and direct. This is effective because in a news article, readers want to be able to access information on current events quickly. Brown also effectively used ethos, the appeal to authority, pathos, the appeal to emotion, and logos, the appeal to logic. Brown used ethos just by writing for The Washington Post. In a demographic study conducted on the readers of The Washington Post, researcher found that 72% are college graduates and 34% have influence …show more content…
She begins by first talking to Delphine Jung, a teacher at a boarding school in the mountains on the Navajo reservation. She expresses concern that these Native American children can’t receive the most out of their education because of poor learning conditions, like no heater and run down boarding conditions. The only positive is that it is one of the only schools to teach Navajo culture including traditional singing, dancing, and language. To encourage more Native American tribes to oversee their own education, Tony Dearman, the current director of the Bureau of Indian Education, is introducing the Blueprint for Reform (BIE). Instead of inventing a new curriculum or hiring more teachers, this change will focus on building a new school building so students can spend more time focusing on learning. While Brown does note that there is some controversy on the new reform, she ends on a hopeful and positive