New Rules

In Thomas Friedman’s article “New Rules” is about how we need more education in the future and how the entry skill level is going up. Friedman’s Article appears in the New York Times which gives ethos. Some other things that can give the article ethos on why the article was written are how Estonia establishing a program for teaching kids how to do computer programming. Another thing is when the Guardian Newspaper of London published an online poll asking: “Should the U.K. school children be taught programming as part of their school day.” One of the things that were said in this article that can be related to pathos is “Work hard and Play by the Rules.” However, as things are changing so fast that technology and globalization are wiping out lower-skilled jobs faster. The new mantra that Clinton has said – one that Obama has tried to adopt and fund- “We have to prepare more Americans for the new jobs that are being created in a world fueled by new technology. That way our investments in our people are more important than ever.” There is one quote by Alvin Toffler that captured the reality of the situation we are in and that is “Illiteracy will be defined by those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn and relearn.” Unemployment has been on the rise. Unemployment rate for those with 4 years of College experience is 4.1%, for those with 2 years of College is 6.6%, those that are high school graduates it is 8.8% and those that are dropouts is 12%.