The art of rhetoric will be the prime focus of my future career. Come on, as a teacher, I’m going to have to argue with my students as to why, yes, they have to do their homework. Just kidding.
On a more serious note, the concept of rhetoric will follow my career into whatever high school I wind up in. It will be my job to successfully communicate messages to my students. Furthermore, assignments could focus on appealing to logos, ethos, or pathos. A student can identify more with the assignment if it appeals to his or her logic, emotion, or character. This idea came to mind after studying the idea of multiple intelligences.
Rhetoric can help me on the basic level of communication in my working environment, future classes, and relationships. My supervisor told me once that she felt that communication was a strong point of mine. I’m not sure if this is true. However, I do find that I like to make sure everyone is the same page. I like to have a reason, logos, pathos, or ethos, behind what I’m doing. I want to be able to uphold an argument as to why I’m doing what I’m doing. Furthermore, I want to be very clear in my intentions and arguments. I want to be clear in what I’m asking or wondering about my significant other. Miscommunication is a scary term in today’s society. This concept of rhetoric can help us learn how to communicate and teach others how to express ideas.
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I think you are so right! I never really thought about the fact that we would be persuading our students to do pretty much everything we want them to do! We’re also going to be persuading administration and our fellow co-workers. Also, I think it is very important to use pathos, logos, and ethos with students because they are going to be more willing to do this assignment if they know exactly why they are being asked to do and how it relates to their lives!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely, I think that rhetoric is certainly an important thing to consider for a teacher. It makes it easier to get the results you want from students if you know how to persuade effectively.
ReplyDeleteAnd how funny that you mentioned one of your profs told you you were good at communicating. I was thinking the same thing about you when you were talking to me in the hallway today lol.
I agree with you on your views about miscommunication--it causes a lot of problems. If we were more educated on the issues of rhetoric, then maybe this miscommunication would have less of an impact.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. If we don't use rhetoric properly and use logos, ethos, and pathos then miscommunication is bound to happen. This concept will definitely find a place as we start our careers as future teachers.
ReplyDeleteGood post, Autumn. Perhaps you could explain the "multiple intelligences" concept in further detail. I was talking with girl in my Composition class about Howard Gardner, who, of course, developed this concept. However, I couldn't think of a damned thing to say!
ReplyDeleteI definately think arguing with your students about doing their homework is a great way rhetoric will be handy! Not only because you have to convince them but if we explain to them how important rhetoric is then they will understand why their homework is important. Hopefully this will kill that dreaded question students always ask, "Why do I need to know this?"
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