Both presidential addresses involve the aftermath of attacks on our nation. FDR’s speech addresses the attack on Pearl Harbor while George W. Bush’s speech addresses the attack on 9-11-01, five years later. The main differences between the two involve the time frame after each attack and when the addresses were given and the length of each address (according to the textbook).
The textbook seemed to comment on Bush’s address and not on FDR’s address. Many of those comments I completely disagree with. The textbook mentioned multiple uses of slanting in Bush’s address, such as seared, barbarity, and murdered. However, these words are, in fact, not forms of slanting. How is it not barbaric that these terrorists flew planes into buildings to kill people while committing suicide? How using the term “murdered” favor a bias and discredit alternative words? The 9-11 attacks were acts of murder, weren’t they? If this is true, then even the word “attacked” in FDR’s address should be considered slanting.
I also didn’t see many connotations in these addresses. A few examples the book gave in Bush’s address were the words “democracy” and “free elections.” Democracy is not an overtone, it is a form of government. Is chemistry an overtone as well? It’s a form of science, but the book would say it’s an overtone.
Overall, I felt that both presidential addresses were straight forward and to the point. Bush’s address had a lot more content, but that’s because there were 5 years of events to cover, whereas FDR only had a day of events to cover. They were addresses to Americans, so of course they’re going to give the American people the facts about acts of war rather than a bunch of politically correct nonsense.
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Pre-Reading Blog #3
True or False: Schools Fail Immigrants
Richard Rothstein an author who wrote The Way We Were: Myths and Realities of America’s Student Achievement, The Charter School Dust-up, and All Else Equal: Are Public and Private Schools Different? His credentials include being a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute, a senior correspondent of the American Prospect, and was a national education columnist of the New York Times.
This article appeared in the New York Times on July 4, 2001, so as far as relevance to today’s educational system, it’s credible. Rothstein seems to spend a great deal of emphasis writing about education, so he most likely has a great deal of insight on the topic. Being a research associate, he also probably includes statistics in his writing to help support his claims.
In this article, based on the title, Rothstein will probably investigate immigrants failing in American schooling. Due to the fact that the title includes “true or false,” it should explore both sides of the argument equally. I expect to see a few statistics and historical trends included in this article considering Rothstein’s background. I don’t notice any notable bias from his background, so it should be a non-bias article.
It’s All about Him
David Von Drehle wrote this deductive argumentative article which appeared in Time on April 30, 2007. His current occupation is the senior writer at the Washington Post. He has been a national political writer, magazine staff writer, New York bureau chief, and assistant managing editor.
Considering this article was written about three years ago, it should be relevant still today depending on the topic. The title doesn’t give too much away unfortunately for a better pre-reading prediction. However, the title does hint that it could revolve around the term narcissism, which refers to the personality trait of egotism, hinted by “it’s all about him.” The article refers to “him,” so it’s obviously going to revolve around the narcissism of men. As far as what kind of man, I’m going to have to predict either men in a relationship who make all the calls or men who let their narcissism lead to violence.
Richard Rothstein an author who wrote The Way We Were: Myths and Realities of America’s Student Achievement, The Charter School Dust-up, and All Else Equal: Are Public and Private Schools Different? His credentials include being a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute, a senior correspondent of the American Prospect, and was a national education columnist of the New York Times.
This article appeared in the New York Times on July 4, 2001, so as far as relevance to today’s educational system, it’s credible. Rothstein seems to spend a great deal of emphasis writing about education, so he most likely has a great deal of insight on the topic. Being a research associate, he also probably includes statistics in his writing to help support his claims.
In this article, based on the title, Rothstein will probably investigate immigrants failing in American schooling. Due to the fact that the title includes “true or false,” it should explore both sides of the argument equally. I expect to see a few statistics and historical trends included in this article considering Rothstein’s background. I don’t notice any notable bias from his background, so it should be a non-bias article.
It’s All about Him
David Von Drehle wrote this deductive argumentative article which appeared in Time on April 30, 2007. His current occupation is the senior writer at the Washington Post. He has been a national political writer, magazine staff writer, New York bureau chief, and assistant managing editor.
Considering this article was written about three years ago, it should be relevant still today depending on the topic. The title doesn’t give too much away unfortunately for a better pre-reading prediction. However, the title does hint that it could revolve around the term narcissism, which refers to the personality trait of egotism, hinted by “it’s all about him.” The article refers to “him,” so it’s obviously going to revolve around the narcissism of men. As far as what kind of man, I’m going to have to predict either men in a relationship who make all the calls or men who let their narcissism lead to violence.
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