Source for Paper C: No-freaking policy harmful both to students, school

http://gunn3.pausd.org/oracle/web/articles/724



*Argument: What are the consequences of banning freak dancing on kids coming to school dances?  Banning freak dancing from school dances causes kids not to come because not being able to freak dance inhibits them from expressing themselves.



*Audience: school administrators.

*Goal: convince school administrators that they should not ban school dances because if no kids come to the dances, then there will be no revenue for the school.

 *Logos- One of the main persuasive elements of this paper is appealing to the logic of the audience. Using money as a factor of why they should keep the dances is a very logical thing.  It is always a struggle for school administrators to raise finances by themselves and if cutting out freak dancing cuts down the budget because kids dont come, shutting down dances isn't logical.

*Ethos: Because a student writes this article in a high school newspaper, the ethos is not that strong.  Her credibility is weakened because the audience doesn't know with what intentions she is writing the article.  She could be one of the students inappropriately freak dancing and just wants to convince the administrators so she can dance this way.  She may not have the best interest for the entire student body and teachers.

*Accurate- Because she says that the amount of profit that could come in was verified by the student activities director, this is accurate and could be enough to convince school administrators.

*Sufficient: I'm not sure how tight of a budget this school is on, but if they would struggle financially if they didn't have the revenue from the dances, this argument could be sufficient.

*Effective-  I don't know how effective this article is, because I think she loses some credibility in saying that they shouldn't take out rap music because they won't have fun if this music is cut out and saying that freaking is just part of the culture.  Parents and administrators don't always care what is part of the culture---most want what is best morally for the students.  So unless the administrators are really drawn by the money factor, I don't think the article is that effective.  If they are drawn by this, it is.