So the source I chose to look at was footnote 17 from Project Classroom Makeover, which is a blog post from Seth Godin called “What you can learn from a lousy teacher”. I chose this source because for my research paper one of the topics I'm considering is standardization (specifically standardized tests) in the education system.
The post is short but it has some good tips about what to do if you have a teacher who you can’t seem to please. His tips are very similar in their message to the message that Davidson talks about… they both share the idea that grades and GPA’s aren’t everything, and what matters is doing your own thing and working hard in it.
The post is short but it has some good tips about what to do if you have a teacher who you can’t seem to please. His tips are very similar in their message to the message that Davidson talks about… they both share the idea that grades and GPA’s aren’t everything, and what matters is doing your own thing and working hard in it.
The way the blog post is written puts Godin on his readers’ level. He appeals to the reader by talking about a situation that readers can connect to: having a tough teacher. After he captures the reader’s attention, he then uses the tone of the post to show them that it’s not their fault, and that there’s hope to not be seen as a failure. He is persuading the reader to keep their head high and to not be phased by whatever their teacher thinks of them.
Seth Godin, “What You Can Learn from a Lousy Teacher,” http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_
blog/2010/03/what-you-can-learn-from-a-lousy-teacher.html (accessed Oct. 20, 2016)
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