In this essay, Graeme Decarie effectively argues a valid point that teachers are just as responsible and teacher for academic success. The author proves his message in multitude of ways. Decarie mentions that he has tested out his theory by thoroughly working with his students and explaining the assignment so they would understand. In doing this [the class average went up by 5%]. Another point that was persuasive was when the students have to take a writing test. Students are evaluated on their literacy but I agree with Decarie when he mentions that it also shows what the students were not taught which is a very important statement. Graeme Decarie effectively argues that teachers are just as responsible as students for academic success.
