Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Argument on Fact
The argument I chose is a few days old from the New York Times "McCain Calls for limited role US schools." The article is base on the facts given by McCain's political campaign and also his past policies. All he calls for are raises for teachers working in "hard-to-staff" school and starting more after school programs for failing students. His plans also include performance base incentives giving more money to the schools that are doing better. The author wonders if this is a good stand considering President Bush's no child left behind policy. The article strictly uses the facts given to build and base an argument upon.
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I think that this is pretty interesting. I did not know about McCain's policy on education. I, too, think that teachers should receive higher pay; they have college degrees, but they make probably the least of any college graduate so it is obvious why it is hard to find good teachers to teach at schools. I do not think that performance-based incentives work very well. It seems like that is what we have now in public schools, and the teachers strictly teach you what you need to know to pass the state tests, which I do not think helps our education- if anything, it restricts it. I am interested in reading this article to see what kind of facts the author presented to build the argument.
Education in our country is a very important topic and it is also very complicated. How can we better our schools is a tough question to answer. There are many aproaches and despite the presidents "No Child Left Behind" which was intended to only help, there seems to be many outcries that it only made things worse. I'm not sure there is one reform that can fix our schools, but rather time and hard work by all those involved might be the best solution
I think this is a really imporant issue to think about. I spent kindergarden through 8th grade at a small private school, where all I saw were teachers who genuinely enjoyed their jobs. For high school, I went to a large, public school, where I saw things completely differently. I experience teachers who clearly hated what they were doing, some who enjoyed taking about their anger on students, and others (especially substitutes) who acted like they had never even been to school. I understand the devastation a bad teacher can have on a student.
With all the other issues getting more media coverage, I had completly forgotten about the education aspect of the election. It will be interesting to see how these stances develop closer to November.
This is a great example of fa factual argument. This is a real issue that is being adressed in the campaign. You made me really want to learn more about this topic and discover more of the actual facts.
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