Thanh Nguyen
Dual English 4
Hosea
13, February 2013
Rhetorical Analysis
In a society that is constantly changing, many students are not going to college after graduating from high school, instead these students are going into the work force without any experiences, creating an issue for our economy. In 2008, Robert T. Perry, wrote an essay which appeared on InsideHigherEd.com and then again in a college book, Practical Argument, about "On 'Real Education.'" Perry proposed that the United States "need more, not fewer university and community college graduates." The writer believed that if there were more colleges and universities there would be a wider range of more skilled and smarter workers for the new job opportunities heading this way. This essay is effective through it's method of rhetorical elements that Perry uses to create a powerful, persuasive essay.
In his argument, Perry states that removing students from college would interrupt the progress of this society of becoming a leader in education.
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