The column i have chosen is about how people are discussing the true importance of children going to preschool. Many say the only thing that really matters is that the children are at least able to hit the numbers.
The best line in this article is when Ramsey writes, "And numbers do matter. It's just that children matter more." The impact of this line is to emphasize that while kids meeting the expectations in academics is very good, the real thing we should be focusing on is the kids themselves. It seems that she doesn't really use any special forms of diction or syntax in this line.
Ramsey's writing style seems to be journalistic or terse. This is because she mostly lists facts. but does include the opinions of other people who have a say in the topic. This is true because in the column, Ramsey writes, "Her vocabulary is just one of the things that's exploded since she started preschool two years ago. Now she ranks advanced or very advanced on every measure of kindergarten readiness. She can connect letters to sounds. She's doing beginning addition. And she knows how to handle a disappointment, separate easily from her mom or dad every morning, confront a friend who's being mean. Yet policymakers and think-tankers will focus on just one point in the above paragraph: that Ashlyn Bankes hit the numbers. That's the only way they say they can justify the need for universal preschool or the willingness to find a way to pay for it." This shows her style because she lists the facts about Ashlyn's education, but also mentions the opinions of the policymakers and the think-tankers.
How many degrees do you have? Where did you go to get them? When did you decide you would be a writer/columnist?
