Post #4: Krista Ramsey Columnist

The article I read by Krista Ramsey was titled Our kids tell the story of why preschool is a must. In the article it talked about how kids are more educated and have a bigger vocabulary if they go to preschool. They also talk about how preschool makes great memories for kids that are starting to go to school and how it prepares the kids for kindergarten. (third column link) 


From this article the best line is "But if it was essential for your kids – if you watched it transform their lives and wouldn't have done without it – how can it be denied to children with so few resources, children who need it so desperately?". This line impacts the reader by making you think about what if you never went to preschool. It helps the reader understand how impactful preschool is on a young child not just helping them learn but also giving them a head start into education. Showing how important it is and how some people can't go to preschool. Even though it might not be required everywhere this quote shows that if kids didn't take preschool, once they get to kindergarten they will behind every other kid. Some things that I observed about this quote's diction and syntax is that in the quote they were many dashes and commas making the quote a very long sentence. Emphasizing how important preschool is.


I think that her writing style is very different because in her article she had entire paragraph that was made up of questions. She said "Did your child benefit from preschool? Would he have done just as well at a caregiver's house? Would your daughter have made the transition to kindergarten as easily without it? Would your grandson have read as quickly had he not gone? Could your niece have developed the same social skills at home?" I found it interesting that she made a paragraph full of questions because she made you think about each question. They all were worded very open minded  questions. In all three articles that I read For better vision, kids need time outdoors, Super Bowl QBs score points for great style and Our kids tell the story of why preschool is a must they each had dashes to emphasize the point she was trying to get across. An example from the first article was she said "In the U.S. alone, the percentage of people ages 12 to 54 who are nearsighted- meaning unable to see things clearly at a distance- rose from 25 percent in the early 1970s to 42 percent now." An example from the second article where she uses dashes is she said "And almost no one dresses up any more for things that were once considered something of an event- dinner at a nice restaurant, religious services, plane flights."




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