Freeman Hrabowski Colleges Prepare People for Life and Liz Addison Two Years Are Better than Four both explore the idea of how college is the right choice for the moment and the further. Even though Hrabowski and Addison both address that college gives people a platform to start a better life, Hrabowski provides a more convincing argument for he has a better emphasis and understanding on higher education's effect on people, college success rate information and better real-life examples. Hrabowski provides a more convincing argument with a better emphasis and understanding on higher education. For one Hrabowski “has been the president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County since 1992” (255). Being the president of a university must
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Hrabowski unlike Addison's uses statistics that help back his argument that college prepares people for Life. For one Hrabowski gives the stat that “students need strong counseling to identify the best possible options. Lack of counseling is one reason that fewer than 10 percent of Americans from the lowest income quartile have earned a college degree by age 24, compared to 80 percent of those in the top quartile” (261). Hrabowski really helps his argument by targeting a specific point on the college experience (counseling) and give a strong statistics about it. Hrabowski also provides another statistics, this time about colleges in Maryland and that “tuition at their public colleges and universities has increased only 3 percent each year for the past three years, following four years of tuition freeze...Maryland’s public and private institutions have an impressive record of admitting and educating a broad range of students who have become leaders in Maryland and beyond” (261). These statistics Hrabowski uses not only helps his argument but also “disproves” the argument that college is too expensive. Where Addison’s article provides no statics which negatively affects her article for she is also trying to convince her readers that college is the right choice. Hrabowski use of statistics really help enforce his argument and disprove others while …show more content…
Hrabowski talks about the story of Walter Sondheim where “When Sondheim graduated from college, he took a job at Hochschild, Kohn & Company in Baltimore and had no idea what else he wanted to do with his life. Fortunately, college had given him a strong ground in the liberal arts and the ability to think broadly. That uncertain young man became the most admired civic leader in Maryland” (262). This great story of a famous man civic leader Hrabowski shares really gives his article a real-world connect that is nothing but positive to his article. Addison, however, don’t provide her own real-life story and experience the most she says is “Upon entry to my first community college I had but one O’level to my name” (256). Addison doesn’t provide enough details to her college experience to make a strong impact on her own article. Hrabowski story of Walter Sondheim is a very inspirational story that helps his articles argument unlike Addison’s. Freeman Hrabowski Colleges Prepare People for Life and Liz Addison Two Years Are Better than Four are good articles but it’s clear that Hrabowski overall gives a much more impactful article with better real-life situation examples, college success rate information, and a better emphasis/understanding on higher education effect on
Hrabowski unlike Addison's uses statistics that help back his argument that college prepares people for Life. For one Hrabowski gives the stat that “students need strong counseling to identify the best possible options. Lack of counseling is one reason that fewer than 10 percent of Americans from the lowest income quartile have earned a college degree by age 24, compared to 80 percent of those in the top quartile” (261). Hrabowski really helps his argument by targeting a specific point on the college experience (counseling) and give a strong statistics about it. Hrabowski also provides another statistics, this time about colleges in Maryland and that “tuition at their public colleges and universities has increased only 3 percent each year for the past three years, following four years of tuition freeze...Maryland’s public and private institutions have an impressive record of admitting and educating a broad range of students who have become leaders in Maryland and beyond” (261). These statistics Hrabowski uses not only helps his argument but also “disproves” the argument that college is too expensive. Where Addison’s article provides no statics which negatively affects her article for she is also trying to convince her readers that college is the right choice. Hrabowski use of statistics really help enforce his argument and disprove others while …show more content…
Hrabowski talks about the story of Walter Sondheim where “When Sondheim graduated from college, he took a job at Hochschild, Kohn & Company in Baltimore and had no idea what else he wanted to do with his life. Fortunately, college had given him a strong ground in the liberal arts and the ability to think broadly. That uncertain young man became the most admired civic leader in Maryland” (262). This great story of a famous man civic leader Hrabowski shares really gives his article a real-world connect that is nothing but positive to his article. Addison, however, don’t provide her own real-life story and experience the most she says is “Upon entry to my first community college I had but one O’level to my name” (256). Addison doesn’t provide enough details to her college experience to make a strong impact on her own article. Hrabowski story of Walter Sondheim is a very inspirational story that helps his articles argument unlike Addison’s. Freeman Hrabowski Colleges Prepare People for Life and Liz Addison Two Years Are Better than Four are good articles but it’s clear that Hrabowski overall gives a much more impactful article with better real-life situation examples, college success rate information, and a better emphasis/understanding on higher education effect on