Everything Wrong with School A hundred years ago, education for American children was a privilege, a rarity. Something that many people did not have. Now, almost every child in America sits through a mandatory eight hours of school in a public or private institution for five days a week, nine months every year; and after enduring this process for twelve consecutive years, students are prompted to further their education and attend college. A system so simplistic in idea, yet undeniably flawed for students. In Nicholas Lemann's article "Schoolwork" from the September 27th, 2010 issue of The New Yorker, he effectively uses logos and occasionally pathos to show the flaws in a system of education that does not provide the same level of instruction
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Lemann uses pathos to make the reader feel guilty about the neglect inside of the education system by pointing out the “heartbreakingly low quality of the education that many poor, urban, and minority children in public schools get.” By using the word “heartbreaking” he makes the reader feel a spark of sadness for the children who are overlooked in the American education system. Lemann uses just a hint of pathos to really make the reader think about the issues that are within the education system to hopefully make them try to make a …show more content…
There is much improvement that needs to be made. But as Lemann states in the last paragraph of his article, “In education, we would do well to appreciate what our country has built, and to try to fix what is undeniably wrong without declaring the entire system to be broken.” The system of education in this country definitely needs to be evaluated and improved and through extensive use of logical reasoning and sparse pathos, Lemann proves that this organization of learning still needs a lot of work. So, while we as American people should appreciate what is provided for us in comparison to the miniscule level of education provided in the past, we should most definitely strive to better the system that provides it for
Lemann uses pathos to make the reader feel guilty about the neglect inside of the education system by pointing out the “heartbreakingly low quality of the education that many poor, urban, and minority children in public schools get.” By using the word “heartbreaking” he makes the reader feel a spark of sadness for the children who are overlooked in the American education system. Lemann uses just a hint of pathos to really make the reader think about the issues that are within the education system to hopefully make them try to make a …show more content…
There is much improvement that needs to be made. But as Lemann states in the last paragraph of his article, “In education, we would do well to appreciate what our country has built, and to try to fix what is undeniably wrong without declaring the entire system to be broken.” The system of education in this country definitely needs to be evaluated and improved and through extensive use of logical reasoning and sparse pathos, Lemann proves that this organization of learning still needs a lot of work. So, while we as American people should appreciate what is provided for us in comparison to the miniscule level of education provided in the past, we should most definitely strive to better the system that provides it for