Is college a wast of time

When reading I can see that the thesis statement is in the last sentence in the first paragraph. The writer believes that higher education is bad. I know this because latter on in the reading I have some evidence to back up what the writer is thinking and his facts to back it up. for example in paragraph 3 he states that failing is a punishment while it should be used as a learning curve. Also another pice of evidence I found was in paragraph 4 talking about the expense of college and how the money for college has gone up 3.6 times higher in just the past 30 years.  When reading I believe that the refutation of opposing argument is in paragraph 9 because he sates that "of course some people want a formal education" and that just show that their is more than just one side to all of this. Lastly the conclusion is in the last paragraph tying everything together and restating what he had said in the beginning.

In this essay I think the writer is using Logos and Pathos. For me the Logos part is shown in paragraph 3 when he is talking about the cost of college. He or she show multiple times facts about how the cost of college has gone up in the past 30 years. Now for Pathos I can see throughout the essay that he is showing his side and is putting a lot of emotion and bias into it. I can mainly see in paragraph 3. He or she is showing their side and really not staying any facts just what they might think about failing at the college level while others might think differently.

Russia Probe

In the first video I could see that the person defending the president was using Pathos. I know this because in the video she stated that "The issue was going to be closed up soon." However, latter in the video the man caught her because she had no facts to back up that the issue was going to be resolved soon. She was using her judgment and since she works for the president thats what she believes even though she has no facts to back up here statement.



What I witnessed in second video was a little bit of Logos and a little bit of Pathos. With Logos she started out by stating the fats on how us as American tax payer's are wasting our money on this when it shouldn't have happened in first place as many thought. She also said that it is important and should be investigated and it should. However, you could easily see that she was using Pathos as well. In the video she stated that " Every crook should step forward and take the punishment." Also you could see she had a lot of emotion tied into this and felt very wrong about this topic which is okay, but you sometimes can't let the emotional side get in the way of the facts.

CNN did a great job using Logos. They stated the facts that they had either received or did their research on and really didn't tie their emotions into this. They kinda stayed in the middle of the road and just sated the evidence to the people watching and letting them decide on what they think. You can also say that this video was Ethos as well. I know this because CNN has been a trusty source in the past and I know wherever they get their facts they will make sure they are true and not manipulated.

Now in the last video I saw both Logos and Ethos just like in the third video. I can tell Ethos is being used because I know that the news teams has a lot of creditable and would make sure that where they got their information was true. Then, I know its logos because they have emails and have spoken to sources that can backup what they said.  

About me

For me I have had an up and down life the past 2 years. Coming out of high school I thought I was on top of the world. I had a college  scholarship to play baseball down in Florida, I had an amazing relationship with my high school sweet heart, and I was on top of the world. Then, when it was time to head down for college, I had a real tuff time with being away from home for the first time and missing my girlfriend. As the months went along it had gotten worse. I wasn't playing as much as I wanted too and my dad became very ill. After the year was over I decided to hangup baseball and just focus on my school and my relationship. I thought it would all work out but it didn't. Me and my girlfriend split, and I was a mess and didn't know what to do. However, I got into GGC and started getting my life back on track and I was turning into my old self sand happy.