Critical Analysis Of The War On Public Schools By Christakis

Recently, civics education has been claimed to be failing the students without any outstanding teachers to take the task head on. Erika Christakis, the author of “The War on Publics Schools,” argues against the effectiveness of civics teaching. She provides several flaws of the education system and continually supports her claims. Christakis is not the only author against proficiency of the school systems. Chester E. Finn, Jr., the author of “The failure of civics education,” does not believe the teachers are providing a worthy and prominent educational system. Each author disagrees with the current success of the civics program and stresses the importance of the subject. However, “The War on Public Schools” is exceptionally more powerful …show more content…
Finn uses fallacies within his argument that creates a weaker appearance to the article. On the other hand, Christakis presents a clear, concise, and neutral approach to her dispositions. She tranquilly approaches her proclamations without exposing a bias side. Her arguments are clearly neutral, “This role isn’t limited to civics instruction; public schools also provide students with crucial exposure to people to different backgrounds and perspectives” (17). The evidence Christakis provides the audience is logically sound and unbiased as she continues to back up her claims. Finn, however, uses logical fallacies such as the ad hominem attacks. He attacks the person rather than formally expanding on the information he has. The use of logical fallacies in “The failure of civics education” impairs Finn’s article more, “It’s important, obviously, for the colleges themselves to clean up their acts, though it won’t be easy given the dispositions and behavior of many faculty members and the wimpishness of campus leaders” (2). Finn exposes his bias and true frustration revolving around civics education and the effect it has on the development of young