Rhetorical Analysis Of Students Fight Assault On History By Leonard Pitts

Abstract In the contemporary capitalist society, the marketing of higher education adopts a highly capitalist-focused rhetoric, with commercials promoting students’ choices in favour of specific educational establishments for financial and not intellectual reasons. Educational institutions use various methods and techniques of persuasion to frame the audience’s beliefs and values in favour of certain educational choices. In connection with pervasive presence of propaganda techniques in marketing, this paper presents a visual and rhetorical analysis of higher education print advertisements’ analysis. This analytical study is intended to show how marketers of higher education reinforce problematic representations that can be read as discriminatory

States have been removing or hiding history from students. In Denver, students are protesting about a school board review which wants to “[ensure] that teaching materials present positive aspects of the U.S history” and promote citizenship” (Wallace n. pag.).Tulsa Race Riot history is an important U.S. history event which hasn’t been incorporated into many textbooks, even though there were “dozens of deaths [and] hundreds of injuries” and also the destruction of Greenwood which later results in students poor knowledge of where they came from (Hoberock n. pag.). In Texas, it is being taught that slavery was just a side issue of the Civil War because guidelines for teaching American history do not include the teaching of the Ku Klux Klan or Jim Crow Laws. This gives a false impression to students.

In Lies My Teacher Told Me, written by James Loewen, the author addresses his concerns about how history is taught in American schools. He presents many arguments as to why some information found in textbooks is not accurate as well as how it hurts students in the long run. Loewen also states that these textbooks participate in the sugar coating of gruesome details and try to paint awful people in a heroic light. The twisting of history often leads to either having to relearn real history or the mistrust of all history. Both are lousy outcomes of what the fake history courses could do.

Irony: A literary device that uses contradictory statements or situations to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true. A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result. Example: “The children would leave his classroom / for the playground to torment the weak / and the smart” (Collins 14-16).

When analyzing “Time to Assert American Values,” readers notice many illogical fallacies presented throughout the editorial. One of the author’s most recurring fallacies is his use of ad populum. Instead of focusing on the topic at hand, the author shifts focus to American patriotism and history. For instance, the author claims that “Americans need to remember that this country was also founded by dissidents” (“Time to Assert American Values” 179). In contrast to the New York Times editorial, the author of “Rough Justice” develops thorough, complete arguments.

Controversy is a wide discussion when it come to Liberals and Conservatives. Leonard Pitts is a controversial journalist for the Miami Herald. He is far left on the political spectrum. In “Don’t Lower the Bar on Education Standards,” “Torture Might Work, but That’s Not the Issue,” and “Real Men Keep Their Hands to Themselves,” Pitts shows a distinct writing style. He uses many rhetorical devices in his writings, and he uses many of the same devices in several passages.

Chapter Three: Chapter three will address how teaching different historical perspectives and events affects the cultural mindsets of young children. This chapter will also give different examples on how to teach various historical perspectives and events to young elementary students, including topics that may be especially sensitive for some of the diverse groups of students. The US and the rest of the world is constantly changing. Every day it seems there is something going on in the world that affects one country or another.

Everyone wants the truth and with Leonard Pitts Jr. you get it. Pitts writes for the Miami Herald daily newspaper in southern Florida. His style is very unique in all of his writings, and different from other authors. Pitts mostly focuses on the outbreak of the daily news. For instance, Don’t Lower The Bar on Education Standards is strictly states lowering the bar will not fix anything it will only decrease the standards.

The poem “The History Teacher” by Billy Collins has a greater lie than “The Death of Santa Claus”, in its intention to save the innocence of students. It is necessary to tell the truth when the lie is destroying students future and breeding ignorance. To begin, in this poem the history teacher is trying to protect the innocence of his students by simplifying most historic allusions to make them sound friendly and less important. For example Collins writes, “The Spanish Inquisition was nothing more than an outbreak of questions...” (Collins 7-8).

As teachers and adults, one always struggles to discuss difficult topics with children. The tragedy of 9/11 is one example, when adults must explain at least the basics to students, but it may be tough to approach. Today, in age, there are many societal issues which the youth and adults are struggling to tackle. People are left at loss for words at the hate crime occurring constantly in the United States. Recently, the events in Charlottesville, spurred by confusion and hate have the nation pointing fingers, when in contrast we should be uniting as fellow Americans.

The graphic memoir Persepolis, written by Iranian native Marjane Satrapi, explores her experience growing up during the Iranian Revolution in the 1970s. Told through images along with a written narrative, Persepolis gives insight on Middle Eastern politics and a young woman’s journey simultaneously. Since 2003 when it was first released in English, the novel has been banned by a number of public schools across America. With proper evidence and valid arguments for both sides of the controversy in mind, this paper will provide reasoning as to why this story is an important one for American children to read. Along with explaining the current debate, a history of banned books will be provided, as well as reasoning from education professionals and first amendment specialists.

Pitts Article Rhetorical Analysis – Final Draft In life people try to comfort others in times of grieving. Leonard Pitts comforts his readers in his article, “We will go forward from this moment ” by trying to make since of the 9/11 attack. Pitts uses emotion and logic to persuade the Americans that the terrorists can do what they want to America, but America is tough enough to handle it.

David Brooks, writer of “One Nation Slightly Divisible,” tries to control the audience’s minds by using “we” in his article. Similarly, Jonathan Rauch, writer of “In Defense of Prejudice: Why Incendiary Speech Must Be Protected” argues in a biased point of view exceptionally to attract the audience to believe his personal view towards prejudice. Even though both Brooks and Rauch share the same bias perspective, Brooks reveals a more pervasive biased opinion compared to Rauch. David Brooks stands out with a positive effect of bias to convince the readers and help unfold his viewpoint to grasp the audience's attention. Rauch also uses bias to convince the reader but was not as effective as Brooks' tactics to convey his objective through diction,

The Language Police, by Diane Ravitch, meticulously documents the authors search for solving the political mystery behind the unorthodox reasoning behind K-12 education. She always believed that textbooks were designed to help students gain beneficial information, and that tests were assessed on the knowledge from what they had learned throughout the year. Over many years, testing was reflected on a controversial language of screening and affairs that negatively were associated with all personable groups. What once had been commended had now developed far beyond the method of censorship. It was now, restricted as an approach for masking the reality of literal knowledge from students.

In Derek Bok’s, Protecting Freedom of Expression On The Campus, he brings light to the issue of censorship in universities. He states that students at Harvard University got offended after a few students displayed the confederate flag. There have been many cases in which people have tried to censor offensive material however; the Supreme Court preferred to conserve the freedom of expression. He believes that if censorship starts to take place, it will be difficult to know when to cross the line. In addition, it will not fix the initial problem since the offenders will continue to abuse others using different means.