What I liked about Dixie’s speech is that her voice was very
smooth and clear, she made great eye contact, her citations were stated at the
beginning of each sentence , her thesis and main points were given upfront, and
she also did not stand in one place. Dixie held my attention, and actually had me sold on the
concept of home schooling.
Janine did an excellent job too. He used the same exact delivery style as Dixie. What I also
liked is he came up with a “compromise” in that "parental involvement” is the
goal. His thesis was clearly stated, and
I thought his conclusion was very strong by stating, “Home school is the not
answer.” This was a very direct and
confident statement.
Both used the appeals of “ethos” because both speakers were
competent, trustworthy, dynamic, and likeable.
Both speakers influenced me, but I’m going to have to go with Janine.
I'm not sure if the "against home-schooling" speaker's name was Janine or Robert, but I'm going to refer to him as Robert. I agree with you in the fact that Dixie had a pleasant delivery style and very credible sources. She also almost sold the idea of home schooling until she made pretty serious statements that I don't think she backed up. By saying that schools are like prisons or that schools are so unsafe that students go to school every day with the fear they might die, she was making SERIOUS accusations. That is why I would have with Robert's argument. All of his claims were pretty reasonable and well supported so to me it was easier to relate to.
ReplyDeleteI agree, both of the speakers used great speaking techniques that made the presentations easy to listen to. In Dixie's speech, although all of her points are valid (I and all four of my siblings were homeschooled, so I can testify to that :), I feel that she needed a lot more statistics and evidence to back it up. Where were the statistics on homeschooling success rates, the amount of kids being bullied in schools, or even some testimonies from homeschoolers? Even with me being biased for the pro-homeschooling side, I think Dixie's speech needed to be a lot more powerful in order to convince someone who has doubts about homeschooling.
ReplyDeleteI definitely liked Dixie's speech better. She appeared to be more confident in her stance and more relaxed. Her speech flowed very nicely and provided both her perspective and some sound statistics to back it up. Janine's speech seemed more choppy and harder to follow. He wasn't really able to keep my attention. Besides that, I definitely side with Dixie when it comes to homeschooling. My brother home schools his kids through the Abecca program and they do great. Contrary to what Janine says, the parents don't have to be rocket scientists to home school their children. There are lots of various curriculum out there with videos that teach your child as if they were in a classroom.
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