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Analysis Of The Article ' Every Kid Needs A Champion '

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The Right Way to be a Teacher
Imagine, no one is there to help a child get through their education. Instead of energetically learning and intellectually growing, children instead drift aimlessly through the ranks of their education. They simply hear and regurgitate information that the "teacher” repeats monotonously from a textbook. Sad isn 't it? This is what Rita Pierson is trying to eliminate with her speech "Every Kid Needs a Champion”. She advocates the need for teachers to go beyond what their simple title of "teacher” requires, meaning teachers should be more to a student than a simple lecturer. In order to do this Pierson has to get the audience to listen and understand the gravity of what she is saying, making them motivated to make the difference that she wants of them when they leave. In order to effectively portray her idea that teachers should not simply be teachers but mentors, Rita Pierson, in her speech “Every Kid Needs a Champion”, establishes herself to the audience while playing on the their emotions with her humorous and somber anecdotes to focus and motivate them to act, as well as engaging them with her energetic physical movement, such as hand motions and variation in tone.
Pierson’s lifelong experience and commitment to being a teacher makes her a credible source on the subject of education. The first words of her speech plainly tell the audience exactly who she and her family are (Pierson). When the audience hears her say that she has spent her

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