Rhetorical Analysis Of Turning In To Dropping Out Delbanco

Most students think of going to college after high school, what many of them don’t know is why college is important or even what profession they want to study. Alex Tabarrok use of logos, ethos and tone help him very well in his argument that student should stop graduating in visual and performing arts and should focus on degrees that require STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) In the article “Turning In to Dropping Out”. Andrew Delbanco use of logos, ethos, tone, and counter argument help him significantly towards his argument that college is still important in the article “3 Reasons Why College Still Matters”. Both Tabarrok and Delbanco use the rhetorical device of logos well in order to support their arguments. Alex

Tabarrok counter argument is hard to find and some may even believe there isn’t one. But Tabarrok does say “Thus an argument can be made for subsidizing students in the fields with potentially large spillovers.” (Tabarrok, “Turning in to Dropping Out ) It isn’t a very strong or even effective counter argument, but Tabarrok does acknowledge the fact that there is one, his lack of having a bad counter argument is that it makes his article weaker. On the other hand Delbanco has an amazing rebuttal. He takes three paragraphs of his article just to address and shut down the counter argument. “Other thinkers, on the left question whether the aspiration to go to college really make sense for “low-Income students who can least afford to spend money and years” on such a risky venture, given their low graduation rates and debt.” (Delbanco, “3 Reasons College Still Matters”) Delbanco tells us what someone who is opposed to low income student attending college might say. Delbanco then says “One can be on either side of these questions, or somewhere in the middle, and still believe in the goal of achieving universal college education.” (Delbanco, “3 Reasons College Still Matters”) Delbanco shuts down the counter argument by saying that no matter what side someone is on they can still believe on everyone getting education no matter their Income. To end his counter argument Delbanco states “In other words, measuring the benefit as a social cost or gain does not quite get the point – or at least not the whole point.”(Delbanco, “3 Reasons College Still Matters”) When saying this Delbanco is stating that wherever someone came from does not always define what they’re capable of or at least not