The Human Cost Of An Illiterate Society, By Ramage, Bean And Johnson

The research paper is the arrival of a student with a topic and information after going through a lot of processes and stages to know more the particular topic. Or an academic paper that contains original research results or new inventions (Web). According to Ramage, Bean and Johnson in their book titled “Writing Arguments, a Rhetoric with Reading ”they explains that “ research paper should use information to support a contestable claim, by documentation we mean the in-text citations and accompanying list of references that allow readers to identify and locate the researcher’s sources for themselves”. Also, the ability of a writer to show the root of their work and explain the how they reached their conclusion and by creating a credible …show more content…
Students share their opinions and discuss issues which bother their mind in the classroom settings with each other, students share ideas and tackle problems together due to their different cultural backgrounds and ethnicity; and arrived at a solution. A quote says “no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves”. These help reduce the inferiority complex that may result into illiteracy among youth. According to Jonathan Kozol in his article, “The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society,” he said “the number of illiterate adults exceeds by 16 million the entire vote cast for the winner in the 1980 presidential contest” (253). All these are not possible in the other means of education. In the Michael Bugeja’s article, titled “Facing the Facebook” he states that “Technology also provides new and unusual ways to isolate oneself from opinions or ideas that make us uncomfortable” (Michael, 402). The interaction between students and their instructors give room for immediate solution to students ' problems and allow instructors to make amendment in the course in case of any adjustment in the syllabus without having any effect on the student performance. In addition, there are face to face interaction, which help students build courage in themselves, which give them the confidence to relate and interacts with other students. Students learn how to appreciate themselves and have self believe. “I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself”. The other means of education cannot offer all this opportunity, but instead it added a significantly lower value in student life, thereby killing their morals and self beliefs. Just like the generally saying “Success is most often achieved by those who don 't know that failure is