Summary Of We Can T All Be Math Nerds And Science Geeks

How exciting would the world be if everyone was either a scientist or mathematician? What would the world be like? Of course there will be a bountiful supply of scientific breakthroughs thank we can bank on, but what how will all of the other aspects of the world fare? As of currently, all across the country there has been a jolt of urgency for the incorporation of a more STEM based education in schools. A more “STEM” based education like the type described in We Can’t All Be Math Nerds and Science Geeks by Fareed Zakaria narrows student’s once broad-based learning foundation and directs it into a more specific line of learning, which is the reasoning behind Zakaria’s disapproval of the movement.
Zakaria enhances his details by using ethos,

In the very beginning of the article Zakaria asserts that “If Americans are united in any conviction these days, it is that we urgently need to shift the country’s education towards the teaching of specific technical skills.” It is as if Zakaria perfectly manipulates the sentence wording to include the words “united” and “Americans” which alone evokes feelings, such as patriotism. Even later in the text the feeling of patriotism is evoked when the rankings of countries is enumerated. The United States is shown with a low ranking with countries you’d think could never compare to the States like Israel or Sweden. This believe it or not, may very well enrage people to find out their own country is not as significant as they thought. Another example of the extenuating use of pathos, can also be found in the very beginning of the article. “Every month, it seems, we hear about our children’s bad test scores in math and science.” The involvement of children causes emotions to rise, the involvement of “our” children makes it personal and gives us the idea of a feigned innocence. Consequently, from Zakaria’s manipulation of feelings we have fallen for his story. Indeed logos is the most prominent device used to support the “de-STEM-ification” of the country’s education system, but pathos is another powerful devices to successfully carryout the