Gillian Goodman’s article “A Girl Who Codes” attempts to spread awareness of importance of Computer Science among girls. The author condemns the less involvement of women in the growing field of Computer Science and advocates that women should also start coding instead of inclining towards streams that don’t pay well. In the beginning of the article, she introduces Nikita Rau who started ‘XX Hackers’, a high club for girls interested in learning Computer Science. Then, gradually Goodman expresses her dissatisfaction with the performance of women in Computer Science industry. She talks about various factors about this situation and steps that are being taken to improve it. She tries to convince women to join Computer Science industry because of its immense growth potential and promote more initiatives like ‘Girls Who Code’ throughout the country.
The author is simply trying to convince her readers especially young girls to not see Computer Science as a hard subject and that the field had great scope for all of them. Due to her firm belief that girls should start coding, she uses convincing and adamant words like “should” and “can” more often. For Example, she writes, “anyone can”(160), “can prove”(160), “should really”(138), “should learn to code”(160) and “should
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This is important in developing ethos, and establishing the author’s credibility. Gillian Goodman is a self-employed writing and editing consultant to various magazines and journals. She has done her graduation in Psychology, which helps her in interviewing people and getting to know the facts. In her article “A Girl Who Codes”, she uses ethos very effectively by introducing every person she interviews in great detail like “Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code,”(137) and “Saujani is in the middle of an (eventually unsuccessful) campaign for New York's high-level public advocate
Ethos is the way the writer creates a persona that allows the audience to see them as trustworthy, relatable, knowledgeable, and as someone with authority. Then uses these to convince an audience of their point. This is use of ethos effectively done in the creation of koyczan’s poem “to this day”. He shows his reliability and knowledge to the viewer by showing them that he has personal experience with the main topic. He tells the story of his pain when he was bullied and how simple name calling left lasting effects on him personally. This not only lets the viewer see that he has a reliable viewpoint, it shows that he has
Ethos is an appeal to ethics, which gives the author credibility to persuade their attended audience. For instance, both Lukianoff and Haidt give a little insight about who they are, “Greg Lukianoff is a constitutional lawyer and the president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which defends free speech and academic freedom on campus, and has advocated for students and faculty involved in many of the incidents this article describes; Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist who studies the American culture wars.” (Lukianoff and Haidt). Using this rhetorical strategy to start their argument off was a strong approach to persuading their attended audience because it provides credibility to the readers to prove to them that the authors know what they’re talking about and it makes the argument much more effective. Another example of ethos that the authors provide is, “Today, what we call the Socratic method is a way of teaching that fosters critical thinking, in part by encouraging students to question their own unexamined beliefs, as well as the received wisdom of those around them… But vindictive protectiveness teaches students to think in a very different way… A campus culture devoted to policing speech and punishing speakers is likely to engender patterns of thought that are surprisingly similar to those long identified by cognitive behavioral therapists as causes
Downes uses examples of a strong element of ethos all throughout her essay. Sophie Downes is a student of the university of Chicago, having attended for many years and being a senior of the university and having attended many classes that have used
Meanwhile, ethos allow the reader to view the author as a trustworthy source and builds the author's credibility. An author can do this in a number of different ways, such as using other credible sources to their advantage or by building common ground with the reader. It is especially important for Gladwell’s audience to trust him, as he is trying to convince them that what they believe about success is wrong.
Computer Science is critical for developing programming knowledge, digital literacy, and improving students’ problem solving skills. Teaching kids how to program exposes them to a field that they otherwise wouldn’t have even considered. The problem with teaching programming in K-12 schools is the lack of faculty. In fact, maybe one in ten American high schools have a Computer Science teacher. The number is even lower for schools serving grades 1-6 (Guzdial 1). The states that already require Computer Science as a high school graduation requirement can complete the class by learning how to use CAD or Photoshop. This is due to teacher not being qualified enough to teach real Computer Science. Raising the standards of preexisting Computer Science classes would be problematic in that sense (Guzdial 1). There is also no set, clear curriculum to teach Computer Science in high school. Because of this, it would be hard to teach it to special needs students (Guzdial 1).
According to Alan G. Gross and Arthur E. Walzer, ethos is a type of ethical appeal establishing the speaker’s credibility or character and expertise as persuasive techniques (…). Throughout, Evicted Matthew Desmond employs ethos to gain and reinforce his knowledge and expertise on the subject, to prove his reliability as a
The usage of Ethos was very evident as James McBride developed his credibility through explaining his mother’s life story from her childhood to adulthood. He explained it with great detail and description that it would make the audience know that what he is saying was accurate. James McBride incorporated his mother’s point of view, which she gave a mini biography of her childhood stating, “I was born an Orthodox Jew on April 1, 1921, April Fool’s Day, in Poland. I don’t remember the name of the town where I was born, but I do remember my Jewish name, Ruchel Dwajra Zylkska” (1). Her quoted interview proves that McBride has credibility on his mother’s life because the beginning of the memoir, he wanted the reader to understand that he knew how his mother was brought up because of the intense research that he performed to write the memoir.
ethos is used to persuade the reader that the character has an ethical appeal. On chunk 2 “My
Ethos is one of the more evident rhetorical strategy that Barbara utilized on the first chapter. Barbara built her credibility by continuously mentioning her Ph.D. and that she is as she originally assumed but then later on changed her mind, “too educated” or “overqualified” for the life of a low-wage worker. Also, after working alongside, getting to know and befriending those people, Ehrenreich is able to empathize, understand and identify with the sufferings that low wage workers are experiencing.
The essay “The Sleepover Question” was a very interesting read about teenagers and sex. Amy Schalet uses ethos in this essay by explaining that she has interviewed girls and parents from the Netherlands. By interviewing parents and their children, it gives off a sense of credibility to the reader. Also it shows she has some knowledge of what she is discussing and is able to give the reader an opinion based on those interviews.
Ethos is the Greek word for character, it describes how valid and trustworthy an author conveys his message through the ethical appeal. This appeal is a measure tied to an author’s credibility and the impression readers formed while evaluating their literary work. First, Brott himself is a renowned author, radio host, blogger, and news columnist having written over eight bestseller books and guides through all the stages of fatherhood. Second, he has also been a guest on dozens of television and radio shows such as CBS Overnight ,Today, and Politically Incorrect. Final and foremost, Brott
Ethos is usually the first artistic appeal found in any piece of writing. Caple’s article is no exception to this age old rule. Ethos, or credibility and goodwill, is demonstrated by Caple in paragraph two
This program is an after school program that runs three days a week, inviting young girls to come to the science center to learn about STEM in a fun, educational, interactive and empowering way. Girls will be divided into age groups that focus on age appropriate activities where they are mentored by female professionals in the STEM field that will offer inspiration. Some of the issues addressed would touch on female empowerment, building confidence in STEM areas, fighting negative stereotypes about women in the STEM field, different career options including coding, date creation, cyber security, ethical hacking, engineering, math, science, biology and chemistry. Girls will take part in each branch of the STEM field and be exposed to the many things it offers. The science center is seeking to make the program available for girls aged six to eighteen as we believe the earlier the exposure the more confident the girls will be come and the longer the exposure the more invested they will be. The science center has paired with other nonprofits that are working to collect data for studies and reports regarding women in the STEM field. The science center and these organizations will use this program to collect data to
The use of ethos is vital in the majority of papers as it can provide support what the writer is saying. “I personally met with people from all walks of life mayors, NGOs, schoolchildren, politicians, militiamen, people from mosques, churches, the president of the country, even housewives.” May Khalil used ethos at this point to show her passion and all her connections she has. By stating that she explored all walks of life for example including that she talked with the president of the country really backs her up. She also mentions meeting with everyone, even down to
The main theme of this research study was to find or explore the factors affecting choice of major and the role and affects in career in relationship to gender. Firstly, how and what are the different motivational factors affecting the choice of a major like Computer Information System and secondly to find what type of role does gender play in choosing an career in Information Technology. The study was done at several eastern mid–sized universities where a large number of local and international students gather to study a wide range of subjects amongst which Computer Information System is one of the most popular concentrations both in under-graduate courses and graduate courses alike.