Higher education plays a major role when it comes to success.
Dropout rates are down, graduation rates are up. The cost of college is very costly. As a result students ability to continue on with their education is limited. There are many that agree College tuition is too high and should be lowered and many that agree/ believe college tuition is reasonable and should remain the same. On the other hand, In the speech "Remarks by the President on America's College Promise” Barack Obama feels as though community college should be as free and as universal as high school. Obama builds an argument to persuade his audience by appealing to logic, using evidence and rhetorical devices. Obama appeals to logic to achieve his purpose by including, "That's why we're recruiting more highly trained math and science teachers. That's why we’re working to raise standards and invest more in our elementary and middle and high schools, so that every young person is prepared for a competitive world." That quote appeals to logic to achieve his purpose because it’s proving to the …show more content…
In the speech it says, “Now, Jill has been teaching English at community colleges for 20 years. She started when she was like 15. (Laughter.) And she’s still full-time today. And she sees -- I talk to her and she talks about her students, and she can see the excitement and the promise, and sometimes the fear of being a 32-year-old mom who’s going back to school and never finished the degree that she had started, and life got in the way and now she’s coming back and suddenly getting a whole new skills set and seeing a whole range of career options opening up to her. It’s exciting.” This anecdote helps to achieve his purpose because it shows that he knows someone who can confirm all that community college has to offer. Including that anecdote makes Obama’s speech more credible. It helps the audience connect and become more comfortable with his
Dropout rates are down, graduation rates are up. The cost of college is very costly. As a result students ability to continue on with their education is limited. There are many that agree College tuition is too high and should be lowered and many that agree/ believe college tuition is reasonable and should remain the same. On the other hand, In the speech "Remarks by the President on America's College Promise” Barack Obama feels as though community college should be as free and as universal as high school. Obama builds an argument to persuade his audience by appealing to logic, using evidence and rhetorical devices. Obama appeals to logic to achieve his purpose by including, "That's why we're recruiting more highly trained math and science teachers. That's why we’re working to raise standards and invest more in our elementary and middle and high schools, so that every young person is prepared for a competitive world." That quote appeals to logic to achieve his purpose because it’s proving to the …show more content…
In the speech it says, “Now, Jill has been teaching English at community colleges for 20 years. She started when she was like 15. (Laughter.) And she’s still full-time today. And she sees -- I talk to her and she talks about her students, and she can see the excitement and the promise, and sometimes the fear of being a 32-year-old mom who’s going back to school and never finished the degree that she had started, and life got in the way and now she’s coming back and suddenly getting a whole new skills set and seeing a whole range of career options opening up to her. It’s exciting.” This anecdote helps to achieve his purpose because it shows that he knows someone who can confirm all that community college has to offer. Including that anecdote makes Obama’s speech more credible. It helps the audience connect and become more comfortable with his