Public School Systems

The Secret to Fixing Bad Schools

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/opinion/sunday/the-secret-to-fixing-bad-schools.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

This opinion piece was about the public school systems, if students are getting a good education and how to improve it. This article largely focused on one school (system) as a specific example. This public school was in Union City, which was known for failure and it made a drastic change and became a high-ranking public school. I liked it a lot that they focused on one specific school and I had not thought of doing that until after reading this opinion piece. By focusing on one specific public school, you are able to provide much more detail, ethos, logos and pathos in your paper. By narrowing down your topic to one specific thing about your topic, you are able to get the audience more involved in the problem and lean more towards what you are advocating. By focusing on one specific thing from your large topic, you can advocate one specific and detailed thing, such as in this article with the system of improvement that the school used. After reading this opinion piece, I have decided that when writing my opinion piece I will make sure to focus on one specific “side topic” from my main topic to keep it from getting messy and unorganized. By doing this, I will also be able to advocate one specific thing and clearly state which side of the issue that I am on.