Talbot Questions #1-8
1. I believe her point in spending so much time on Sarasota was to establish logos. By providing a good example her point came across strongly and made for a good argument using the many quotes and opinions given by people involved.
2. By involving her own experience Talbot made a personal connection and showed how education is growing and changing in a new era. She explained how there are more A.P. and I.B. classes offered which can make for even more problems and discrepancy in grading and awarding students.
3. The four perspectives mentioned in the article include: the principal at Sarasota and his avoid at all cost attitude, as well as Denny Davies Belief that Valedictorian be awarded to the best no matter how they got it, also there are the schools that give it to the top ten percent, and finally the people who believe it is a nice honor when dealt with fairly.
4. I believe her audience is probably primarily students and the parents of students. Therefore her purpose in using these interviews is to have the reader put themselves in the shoes of the speaker and imagine how they felt. I personally would feel as if someone where trying to take something I had earned.
5. I believe if she had opened the article with information she would have lost much of her audience. It was more effective and emotional for here to start out with a dramatic story that reached the reader and kept them interested in what she was saying.
6. I believe Karen Arnold has a good point in saying that valedictorians where important but I believe that the stakes are placed way too high for a high school honor. I believe when it gets to the point when law suits are used and the honor is tarnished then the point becomes invalid and it is simply fighting a war to just fight.
7. I believe it relies equally on both pathos and ethos. She expresses her ethos throught the arguments and research she has gathered. On the other hand, her use of pathos are expressed through the opinions and the lengths people go to attain these awards.
8. Talbot’s sympathies lie with the students who are hurt by these decisions as well as the administrators who work so hard to make everyone satisfied. Although she does not say it out rightly I believe she disagrees with the use of valedictorians and that there are better options out there.
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