(In this writing, Eric Ralston makes a critique of “We are Not Created Equal in Every Way” by Joan Ryan.) Key Points: Summary Points: In an opinion article published in the San Francisco Chronicle on 12 December 2000, columnist and reporter Joan Ryan argues that institutions like San Francisco Ballet School have the right to... Continue Reading →
We are Not Created Equal in Every Way
(In this opinion article [argumentative essay] published in the San Francisco Chronicle on December 12, 2000, columnist and reporter Joan Ryan takes a stand on whether the San Francisco Ballet School did or did not discriminate against 8-year-old Fredrika Keefer when it declined to admit her on the grounds that she had the wrong body... Continue Reading →
Will Your Job be Exported?
(This article is an expository essay – writing that is meant to inform and/or persuade – by Alan S. Blinder, a professor of Economics at Princeton University, USA.) Key Points: The greatest problem for the next generation of American workers may not be lack of education, but rather “offshoring” – the movement of jobs overseas,... Continue Reading →