In The Year 2000, Only 32 Percent Of Fourth-Graders Could

In this part of the speech Obama is using ethos. He is trying to be trustworthy. From line 95 Obama again set himself up as the country father. He explains that there is no excuse for having a bad attitude and also no excuse for not trying hard and giving your best towards education.

In his speech, “Remarks by the President in a National Address to America’s Schoolchildren,” Obama effectively argues his claim, that kids should go to school and try very hard to succeed to schoolchildren around the U.S. He effectively argues his claim because he uses supporting details and stories of students that have undergone tough situations, but still overcame those obstacles to succeed and school. Also, he is trying to tell kids that they should do well in school to get a good job and make a difference. He also uses rhetorical appeals to help with the supporting details. One of supporting evidence that he brought up was that if someone wants to become something such as a doctor, or lawyer you will need a good education to do

In Obama’s speech, it says that students must take responsibility for their own success in school, no matter what obstacles they face. Obama claims this will benefit not only the students themselves but also their whole country. Obama's perspective seems to be that hard work is patriotic.

On the other hand, there is an argument that the education system provides positive qualities. Some students are actually improving in the classroom and on standardized tests. In her book, Christina Fisanick found that “In Wisconsin, 87 percent of third-graders were reading at grade-level or above. This number was an all-time high, and a 13 percent increase over 2002 scores” (Fisanick, 17). Success for all is one of many purposes that come from the educational system. An education reform named No Child Left Behind signed in January of 2002 was to make sure all students were given the chance to improve. In other words, this act made educators work even harder to make sure all students were moving on and that no child was being left

He says that, “The future of America depends on you. What you are learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.” “If you do not do that -- if you quit on school – you are not just quitting on yourself, you are quitting on your country.” Through hyperbole, audience will have an illusion that giving up themselves means giving up their countries. This makes the audience encouraged and consciously give up being counter and lose the chance to refute. The students, who are given honorable status, will earnestly study and become the defenders of the country. Because of Hyperbole, Obama’s point of view becomes in-depth to the audience and rhetorical motivation is highlighted.

America is still the land of opportunity and people still strive and succeed in their quest for self-improvement. And in no other aspect of America can this opportunity to succeed and their striving for betterment be as so clearly seen than in Americans obsession to achieve education at the highest levels. 94 percent of Americans believe that Education is important and 73 percent agree that higher education is “essential for getting a good job” (Source F). This symbolizes how Americans see education as the outlet to achieve affluence, success and a “better,” “high[er] quality of life” (source F). Furthermore, the many scholarships offered by schools, one of which mentioned by Obama in Source B, displays another aspect of the education system that provides opportunities for self-improvement, if earned through hard work, for an individual by providing a chance to obtain higher education no matter what background one comes from. In essence, education has become the primary path to achieve an improved standing on both a societal and individual

During President Bush’s term, government became aware that American schooling needed major improvement. There was a need of a law which would improve the system while using scores to evaluate students as well as their teachers. "The fundamental principle of this bill is that every child can learn, we expect every child to learn, and you must show us whether or not every child is learning," (Secretary, 2002) President George W. Bush said on Jan. 8, 2002, signing ceremony of No Child Left Behind Act. However, this one size fits all approach revealed not be resourceful. "The goals of No Child Left Behind, the predecessor of this law, were the right ones: High standards. Accountability. Closing the achievement gap, but in practice, it often fell short. It didn 't always consider the specific needs of each community. It led to too much testing during classroom time. It often forced schools and school districts into

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, signed into law by President George W. Bush on January 8, 2002, which was a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. President Bush once said; “education is the gateway to a hopeful future for America’s children. America relies on good teachers to pass on the knowledge and skills our young people need to achieve their dreams.” “Too many of our neediest children are being left behind.” "No longer is it acceptable to hide poor performance. No longer is it acceptable to keep results from parents," Bush said when he signed the legislation. "We're never going to give up on a school that's performing poorly; that when we find poor performance, a school will be given time and incentives and resources to correct their problems." (Bush)

Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act is a renewal of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which is an aid program for disadvantaged students. Although it does sound as if the Act is helping children all across the country, Alexandra Robbins thoroughly explains otherwise in her book, The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids. Within pages eighty five through eighty nine, Robbins thoroughly shows her negativity to the Act and why it’s hurting children rather than helping them. She uses hard facts, such as the emphasis on tests, altered curricula, and the corrupt college admission process to prove her point.

No Child Left Behind, one of the biggest social engineering projects of our time, put fifty million students and their three million teachers under pressure ("A Failing Grade for No Child"). On January 8, 2002, President George W Bush’s NCLB Act was signed into law. NCLB is an education reform bill created to narrow the racial achievement gap. Recently, NCLB has made its way back into the news, simply because it has been up for renewal for over four years now and nothing has happened. This is significant because NCLB dictates how students are educated. NCLB has already affected student learning for many years now, and if renewed, it will continue to do so. The NCLB Act has failed in its mission to improve our schools and narrow the racial achievement

Obamas’s main purpose is to motivate and inspire the American youth to take an education, so

Taking a look back at Obama’s presidency since 2008, he has made such positive improvements furthering education. Looking particularly

Overlooking a sea of graduating college students President Barack Obama was able to give them an incredible, down to earth speech that was packed with an immense amount of knowledge. What he said touched on topics ranging from how to have everyday happiness as well as kindness to on a larger scale inside of the justice system and politics. President Obama was able to persuade the crowd all of those things because of his credibility. He was able to relate the the graduating class because he too was once a future graduate of college, sitting in there same shoes. When speaking about the bumpiness in addition to unbalanced road of America he adds, “Now, for some of you, this may sound like your college career. It sounds like mine, anyway.”. By

President Obama’s next issue in the State of the Union Address was the need for education reform. President Obama talked about the need to improve the quality of education. Republican and Democratic governors throughout the country introduced a plan last year called Race to the Top; to summarize it states “If you show us the most innovative plans to improve teacher quality and student achievement, we'll show you the money.” The President supported Race to the Top by giving an example of a high school in Colorado rated to be one of the worst in the state; after the first year the school went through rectification ninety-seven percent of the seniors graduated.

Obama acknowledges to students that they need to ”Understand, you've got to earn it–you've got to keep your grades up and graduate on time,” when in reality, this is a huge proposal. Students who lacked enthusiasm and contained a faltered idea of educational importance in high school would carry that onto an equally as free college. Students would enroll because of the lack of cost and the feeling of just because they can, instead of enrolling for a greater opportunity. A person expending their own wealth and money into something will always be more motivated than someone that doesn't. This would lead to college being taken for granted when it should be seen as something that will better a person’s life and will take it to the next level. This all would result in a huge societal change as student life and student apathy would decrease the effort a student has on working towards their