English Freshman Composition

Hugo Rodriguez

Rationale

For my first genre I did an opinion article. I chose to do an opinion article because it would help lessen the restrictions in what I could write in the article. The purpose behind writing this is to not only inform the reader a bit of what Brown vs Board of Education was but to also highlight the way schools remain segregated across the US since the ruling of that case. My intended audience would be anyone in the United States realistically because this impacts the US as a whole and the purpose would be to inform the audience of the current situation of the education inequality across the US. My article would be of significance to the audience because  people living in the US may have children are currently attending a school that is segregated and they might not even know or they may believe its not a big deal. My article would help highlight the importance and educate the audience on just how segregated schools remain in the US. Throughout my article my purpose remains the same, informing the reader of US schools being segregated while voicing my opinion on the matter, I approach the topic by providing two examples/states in which schools are segregated. Towards my concluding thoughts in the article, I do switch over from trying to inform the audience to more of a persuasive purpose as I try to encourage the audience to take initiative on the subject and to learn more of what’s going on with the educational system.