Jacobs addresses an audience concerned about the education system, young individuals and students. This is clear as the author refers to future consequences of the issue that the current education system is not preparing the students properly for the world. The author’s intent with his article is to aware the population of the consequences that a failing education system would bring to the United States; eradicate the issue in order to prevent a decline in the country. Jacobs encourages the audience to fix the scanty education system to provide a broader knowledge of the real world by allowing students to apply the information that they learn by associating, thinking in depth and examining for them to truly understand it. The author assumes
