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“School Budget Cuts”

The article, “School Budget Cuts: How Students Say Slashes Are Affecting Them”, that derives from the “Huffington Post”, makes a major argument in one of the many issues of education. This article portrays the perspectives of the students and the teachers and how they feel the recent budgets have affected them. The article uses logos with the use of it’s factual statistics with the student survey. With the use of the logos, the author of the article appeals to the audience and builds credibility. Throughout the remainder of the article, the author uses ethos to build credibility by including graphs that illustrate a few questions regarding the student survey. The article argues that because of the budget cuts, the students are receiving lower quality education due to the lack of paperwork, class materials, time, classes and teachers. Another misfortune that derives from budget cuts is when the classes become overflowed. The article explains thoroughly the chain reaction that comes from overflowing classes such as less time for teachers to instruct, more expensive courses, and crowding within the classroom itself. The major claim that comes from the article is that budget cuts are affecting the overall education of community college students plus the teachers and board. The article does a great job in providing details regarding the students opinions, plus giving out political strategies that could potentially solve the whole issue.