The two News Magazines I researched articles from were the New Republic and Forbes. I researched articles in the New Republic because my major is dance and the New Republic includes the arts in their articles. I also read many articles in Forbes because my other major is Communications. However, I could not find any dance articles that had debates in them, so I found other articles that were of interest to me.
New Republic
By: Aaron Swartz
1. What is the debate, disagreement or argument in the story about?
Explain concisely, but with specificity and precision. Name specific people,
places, things, events, dates, times and/or other identifying details.
· This story
is a debate about whether or not our school systems are failing. Some people
seem to think that schools are no longer about teaching, but instead, focus on memorizing
information and preparing for tests. Business men are the ones who have noticed
American schools failing since the beginning. They do not think American
business will be able to compete with other countries if school systems do not
change.
2. Who is the most sympathetic character in the
story? Who are they? How are they involved? Why do they evoke feelings of
sympathy from you?
· The most sympathetic
characters in the story are the children who are getting an education in
America. There were tests done at Boston and Berkeley and the results were that
45% of people at Boston did not know that water expands when it freezes and
30-40% of incoming freshmen were not proficient in English. That, to me, is
very sad and makes me sympathetic for the people who are just trying to get an “A”
in a class, rather than trying to actually learn the material.
3. Who is the least sympathetic character in the
story? Who are they? How are they involved? Why can't you easily
sympathize with them?
· I would
say that the government and society as a whole are the least sympathetic. Schools
are veering away from preparing their students for the real world and more
towards having them memorize a bunch of information to pass a test. I can not
easily sympathize with the government and society because they are doing nothing
to fix the problem.
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| Kargwal, Suni. "School, Vector, Students, Bus, School Bus, Building." September 2015 via Pixabay. CC0 Public Domain |
Forbes
1. What is the debate, disagreement or argument in the story about?
Explain concisely, but with specificity and precision. Name specific people,
places, things, events, dates, times and/or other identifying details.
This story is an argument about Chipotle not being safe for its
consumers. There have been numerous outbreaks of food poisoning around the
United States from Chipotle food. There were 140 Boston College students who
were suffering from a foodborne virus, know as norovirus, just last week after
eating Chipotle. Chipotle is popular for their organic foods that were locally grown
at nearby farms. However, those foods are not always safe to eat.
2. Who is the most sympathetic character in the
story? Who are they? How are they involved? Why do they evoke feelings of
sympathy from you?
The most sympathetic people in the story are the one who suffered from
food poisoning after eating Chipotle. Food poisoning is a serious thing that
people can die from. No one expects to get food poisoning after eating food,
and those that do have done nothing wrong, they are just unlucky. I eat
Chipotle all the time and am lucky to have never gotten sick from it, so I feel
sympathetic for the people that have.
3. Who is the least sympathetic character in the
story? Who are they? How are they involved? Why can't you easily
sympathize with them?
The least sympathetic people in this story are the owners and managers
of Chipotle. If they know their food has a high chance of giving someone an
illness, they should not be serving it to their customers. Their number one
priority should be to make the food safe to eat instead of wanting to follow
the popular fad of having organic food.
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