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Pathos is the writers attempt to appeal to the audience emotions. For instance, “In June, a professor protecting himself with a pseudonym wrote an essay for Vox describing how gingerly he now has to teach. ‘“I’m a Liberal Professor, and My Liberal Students Terrify Me,”’ the headline said” (Lukianoff and Haidt). The authors appeal to emotion paints a picture in the reader’s mind, further opening their eyes to make them feel how the professor was feeling. Also, naming the article “The Coddling of the American Mind” was a great was to represent how the problem was being addressed. The use of the word “coddling” reflected the way colleges were treating their students like babies. Enforcing trigger warnings to protect the students are not helping them for the future. This appeals to pathos because the audience gets a glimpse of what the after effect of “babying” has on

The Pathos appeal uses an individual’s story to paint a picture of what is happening in the readers head. Pathos supports the authors reading by the author showing his emotions and the emotions of the other people in his French class through the article. A quote from David Sedaris’s article shows how he feels in the classroom setting and how it affected his life outside of the classroom. “My fear and discomfort crept beyond the borders of the classroom and accompanied me out onto the wide boulevards.” This quote explains how drastically the class and the teacher and internal affected his own being. How he shows his emotion in the writing gets the readers to feel his experience throughout the article through their own in their life. He also shows the emotions of the other people in his class to give the reader a viewpoint other than his. It shows that Sedaris is not the only person in that class that gets emotion abused and feels like an outsider. This gives the reader a visual of exactly what it feels like to be sitting inside of that French

Pathos is to get peoples attention and draw them into to what they are reading to keep

I agree with Delbanco that college is overcrowded, under resourced, and little attention is paid to the fact that a whole person should be developed (154). I am convinced that a liberal arts education is what is needed to be successful in the world today. Not only is this particularly clear in universities like NYU, but also in specialized schools all around the country. For example, a student at the Stern School of Business is marketable to corporate businesses such as Morgan Stanley and firms on Wall Street, but the students may lack the knowledge necessary to transfer out of that specific field. Liberal arts colleges within universities (or even those that stand on their own) are much more useful today than specified schools because liberal arts classes offer opportunities to be exposed to a variety of subjects. They can also spark interests or passions one never knew they had. Delbanco says that colleges offer students too wide of an array of classes to take, and believes that they are too unrelated. While it does seem like classes such as the history of Australia’s koala population may seem unimportant, it is less about the specific class and more about the university creating a well rounded person that can integrate well into

Sanford J. Ungar, a journalist and president of Goucher College, is one of the faculty members actively trying to disprove the accusations against liberal arts colleges and educations. In his February 2010 article from the academic journal The Chronicle of Higher Education, Ungar gives readers multiple examples of common misunderstandings about liberal arts and then informs them why those examples are incorrect. Appropriately titled, Ungar’s “7 Major Misperceptions About the Liberal Arts” is an easy “go to” guide when a person wants to learn more about liberal arts. These readers, mainly students and parents looking toward a higher degree of education, can read Ungar’s essay and find new knowledge about the liberal arts discipline.

He wrote, “The career bandwagon seems to suggest that shortcuts are available to students that lead directly to high-paying jobs—leaving out “frills” like learning how to write and speak well, how to understand the nuances of literacy texts and scientific concepts, how to collaborate with others on research” What he means by that is there is no shortcuts to a high-paying jobs. He also implies that liberal arts education is the only right way to prepare an individual for their future career because it equips ones with the abilities to write and speak formally, and understandings on scientific matter or how to cooperate with other people for your work, etc. However, I do not think he can deny the fact that the starting salary for a liberal arts graduate is approximately $32,500 while for an engineer is $75,000, (http://www.mtu.edu/engineering/outreach/welcome/salary/). For instant, what can a person possibly do with his philosophy degree right after graduating? He will probably have to go for more schooling before he can find a high-paying job at some big firms or he will have to struggle a lot before he can open his philosophy shop or publish his book. In short, a liberal arts degree will take longer to see its worth than career education or vocational training.

This shows an example of pathos because of the emotions of sadness and anger

In “The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes,” Malcolm Gladwell makes a pathos appeal to the audience using scene and tone to really intrigue the intended audience by messing with their emotions. Gladwell uses dialogue throughout the chapter to help show his use of pathos also. Of course there are the other two appeals of ethos and logos used in this chapter, but pathos is what really stuck out to me. Gladwell’s use of pathos really enhances the text and hits the reader at an emotional level, making them more interested in the section. Pathos is what authors use to basically have the reader become emotionally attached to the piece.

In the article “We ignore the liberal arts at our peril” which was written by Alan Wildeman and appeared in The Globe and Mail on September 07, 2015, Wildeman claims that liberal arts degrees are valuable investments for people of the twenty-first century. Wildeman backs up his argument by providing facts from a study that lasted thirteen years in which the annual earnings of graduates from 1998 were tracked. Over the thirteen years, the earnings of the liberals arts graduates rose to $80,000 - the same earnings as a math or science graduate. This proves that liberal arts degrees pay as well as a math or science degree. Wildeman also uses information from the Ontario university systems which tracks graduate performances. Two years after graduating from an Ontario university, ninety-two percent of liberal arts graduates were employed.

Pathos is a power to cause pity or sadness. Quindlen actually starts her speech with a form of pathos. She tells a story about her college experience. When she was in college, she tried to be the definition of perfect. Later on she discovered that she wasn't perfect, no matter how hard she tried, and that trying to be so just dragged her down. “Eventually being perfect day after day, year after year, became like always carrying a backpack filled with bricks on my back” (3, 296). This makes the viewers feel bad for her, it makes them pity that she had put that much stress on herself, which not only makes the viewer putty in her hands, but also makes them dislike the idea of perfection. All of this just came from one simple story, that’s why pathos is

It may seem like a Liberal Arts degree is for someone who can understand the depth of it, but that is completely untrue. The flexibility and use of a Liberal Arts degree is for everyone who is interested and is worth more than the loud politicians that wave them about so eagerly to raise their credibility which is why Sanford J. Ungar, former president of Goucher College, wrote The New Liberal

The appeal to pathos seems to be present, depressing tone in this article and pulls the heart strings of his audience many times, For Example he states that “There are more like him on the street every day”. “Old folks have no business living in gutter. Even if they recused, its often way too late” (Fagan). By that he is putting guilt mode on his audience to persuade them into thinking act now before it’s too late, and that will lead the brain to go into rush

Martin Luther King Junior said, “Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” Higher education does not exist for the sole purpose of preparing students for future jobs; it’s there in order to prepare individuals for life where they are expected to participate in their community, their government, and the lives of those around them. Liberal arts, in particular, exist for the broadening of students’ minds in order for them to be successful not only in their chosen career but also in their lives outside of it. Liberal arts lost their past popularity during the last few decades, but they shouldn’t be disregarded in favor of technical and professional degrees because they still provide students with skills that are perhaps less tangible, but no less necessary for life in modern world.

A few decades ago, many faculty members at top universities believed the world needs more liberal arts major. They wanted the universities to de-emphasize the importance on major’s in general and create a broader curriculum. One supporter of liberal arts education is Professor T. Kaori Kitao at Swarthmore University who thinks success will follow any individual who adhere to a flawless education set-up. She thinks people need to be well rounded because they will be more ready for any unexpected changes and can anticipate future problems in the workplace. Professor T. Kaori stated many intriguing facts about the need for liberal arts institutions and majors, but in reality “STEM” majors can be equally or more innovative when it comes to brain

Liberal Education: A False Choice According to Michael Roth knowledge does not have a single truth and is always changing, he goes on about how STEM is more focused on one set of knowledge while Liberal Arts is includes more sets of knowledge. Roth goes on explaining how one side says its either or to either take STEM Education or Liberal Arts Education, but he believes that they should both be combined together and not be separate. That having both of those subjects will be helpful than having to choose between one of those for your classes. He continues talking about how private colleges are shady institutions for profit and scams, and how students only wanting to go to college to begin moving boxes which stands for moving to meet requirements that are needed. Also on how the colleges have many other classes that can improve our cultural artifacts and socials dynamics but no one can afford them, only the luxury people.