Part 3: Reflection
I agree with Berliners article, ” Schools Are Killing Curiosity”. I believe that schools just structure you to “shut up and learn” and that’s why I enjoy the way Berliner structured the article. She structured it in logos style to help the readers see her side of the argument with facts. Another good detail I like that she added was the classroom scene with dialogue to show how students get shut down when trying to ask questions. Then she illuminated a decision a nursery in Bristol made, with switching toys out for cardboard boxes, tin cans, pots, to prove the curiosity kids have. That’s what made this article really appealing.
Part 4: Rhetorical Analysis
The author, Wendy Berliner the CEO of the Education Media Centre had an informative writing style like Logos. She would explain her point and then back it up with research. Berliners intended audience was the general reading public because she was stating a lot of facts toward the title of her feature article “Schools Are Killing Curiosity”. The genre is informative and it was effective because all the research she recited proved the curiosity kids hold. The genre Berliner chose fits well with what she wanted to execute about kids curiosity. I know The Guardian is a credible source because they were rated the most trustworthy newspaper in the UK.
Part 5: Notable Quotables
“Children are born curious” paragraph 9
” authority on curiosity in children finds questioning drops like a stone one children start school” paragraph 10
“cardboard boxes, tin cans, pots and pans, old phones, kettles, computers and plumbing supplies – anything with creative possibilities. The children took to the new objects immediately,”
