In this column, Krista Ramsey talks about how preschool is essential for children. She points out all the different advantages on how preschool affects children in a positive way and also gives a real life example of this.
"But if it was essential for your kids – if you watched it transform their lives and wouldn't have done without it – how can it be denied to children with so few resources, children who need it so desperately?"
This line impacts the reader by asking a question. It makes the reader want to agree with the writer that, yes, kids do need to go the preschool even though it's optional. The children do need it in order to gain valuable experience and knowledge so they can be ready for kindergarten. This line makes me feel like preschool is necessary and preschool will change their lives. She uses strong words, like desperately and essential, to influence the reader more and to get the reader to agree with what she is saying. As for the syntax, she has this added thought with the hyphens surrounding that thought: "- if you watched it transform their lives and wouldn't have done without it -". If this extra statement wasn't there, then this sentence wouldn't be as influential as it is with it.
Ramsey's writing style is easy to understand and influencial. In Ramsey: For better vision, kids need time outdoors, she says "In the U.S. alone, the percentage of people ages 12 to 54 who are nearsighted – meaning unable to see things clearly at a distance – rose from 25 percent in the early 1970s to 42 percent now." This sentence it's simply worded so the reader can understand without thinking about it too much. It's also very alarming to the reader, this fact makes us want to do something about this "epidemic". We can also see this in Ramsey: Super Bowl QBs score points for great style. She writes, "If you’re the parents of the bride who put thousands of dollars into an elegant wedding, you might well feel a pang when people arrive in jeans with sunglasses atop their heads." This may not be a factual, but it's definitely true. Finally, in the article linked at the beginning of my post, Ramsey writes, "And numbers do matter. It's just that children matter more." Such a simple phrase, like this one, can affect a reader's opinion.
My questions for Krista Ramsey would be:
- What made you want to become a columnist?
- Where do you find your inspiration for the columns that you write?
-When do you know that you have found a good story to write about?
Ramsey's writing style is easy to understand and influencial. In Ramsey: For better vision, kids need time outdoors, she says "In the U.S. alone, the percentage of people ages 12 to 54 who are nearsighted – meaning unable to see things clearly at a distance – rose from 25 percent in the early 1970s to 42 percent now." This sentence it's simply worded so the reader can understand without thinking about it too much. It's also very alarming to the reader, this fact makes us want to do something about this "epidemic". We can also see this in Ramsey: Super Bowl QBs score points for great style. She writes, "If you’re the parents of the bride who put thousands of dollars into an elegant wedding, you might well feel a pang when people arrive in jeans with sunglasses atop their heads." This may not be a factual, but it's definitely true. Finally, in the article linked at the beginning of my post, Ramsey writes, "And numbers do matter. It's just that children matter more." Such a simple phrase, like this one, can affect a reader's opinion.
My questions for Krista Ramsey would be:
- What made you want to become a columnist?
- Where do you find your inspiration for the columns that you write?
-When do you know that you have found a good story to write about?
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