Aziza Abdul-Aziz
September 14, 2014 Pd: 3B
Speaker: Leonid Fridman
Occasion: System of values in society addressing nerd and geeks.
Type of text: Article
Strong verb: Denounce
In this article, writer Leonid Fridman discusses the wrong set of values America has placed on athletes instead of those who are seekers of knowledge which are “nerds and geeks.” Fridman’s purpose is to shine the spotlight on the true heroes; the nerds and the geeks and to denounce the high pedestal that athletes have been set upon. Fridman effectively uses cause and effect as a rhetorical strategy to expose America’s obsession with superiority which nowadays is found in sports. Athletes are idolized and anyone who doesn’t fall into the sports category is deemed as “basic” or “inferior”. The reason why Fridman writes this article is to show that if we as a nation continue to praise athletes and outcast nerds and geeks for “reading books rather than playing football” our nation will not be equipped with the “technology race with Japan.” If America continues to display an appeal to those who wear jerseys rather than those who enjoy reading “Weber” in their spare time, we as a nation will cease to “remain the political and cultural force in Europe….and a world class power.” In this article Fridman effectively gets his points across and allows the reader to see the consequences of belittling the “nerds and geeks.”
In the article of "America Needs Its Nerds", Leonid Fridman reveals the injustice done by the U.S against nerds and geeks, who are "intellectually curious". As a rhetorical strategy,Fridman uses cause and
Speaker: Leonid Fridman
Occasion: Smart people should be honored
Type of text: Essay
Strong Verbs: address/engage/reveal/defend
Professor and writer, Leonid Fridman, in his essay, “America Needs Its Nerds”, addresses that society shames the intellectual. Fridman’s purpose is to reinstate “nerds” and “geeks” in America. He adopts an earnest, but informative tone in order to engage with his readers’ emotions and inform them of facts they are familiar with. Fridman begins his 8th paragraph by revealing that other countries acknowledges intellectualism, contrary to the U.S. where “anti-intellectualism” runs high. To justify, he uses a compare and contrast strategy. For instance, he says “In many parts of the world, university professorship are the most prestigious and materially rewarding positions. But not in America—“. Fridman uses the compare and contrast method to accomplish his purpose by showing America’s hierarchy between a person who is academic and a person who is athletic. Also, using the same method, Fridman ask his readers “How long can America remain a world-class power if we constantly emphasize social skills …over…. intellectual ability?” compelling them to reflect. Fridman defends “nerds” and “geeks” and urge America to recognize the importance of our smart people.
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Well- known writer, Leonid Fridman, in his essay, America Needs Its Nerds, argues the shameful outlook that is looked upon our intelligent peers and the effect it has on our society. Fridman's purpose is to acknowledge the important roles that "geeks" and "nerds" play. He persuades his readers that there is something wrong with the system of values and its use of derogatory terms towards the academic savvy. He appeals to the aggravation by stating, "there is something very wrong", that although attending a prestigious college, "many students are ashamed to admit... how much they study." He joins in this time of annoyance to unify the nation and make known that while athletes are idolized, nerds are ostracized. This outspoken argument conveys logos as its appeal, using facts and details to thoroughly explain the importance of school and the knowledge it offers. In conclusion, the author explains that our society finds it embarrassing to read books and study, over going to parties and football games. The thought of America being a "world- class power", and only giving credit to social skills and physical prowess, not only determinants our peers, but us as a nation.
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Speaker: Leonid Fridman
Occasion: Addressing how the term “Nerds and Geeks” are used.
Type of text: Article/Essay
Strong verb: Engage/defend/derogatory/ostracized
In this article and or essay “American Needs Its Nerds” professional writer Leonid Fridman is very disenchanted in how society used the terms nerds and geeks. Society has made being a nerd/ geek seems like such a disgrace name while athletes are idolized by their peers. The rhetorical strategy that is being used is compare and contrast. He compares how America is anti-intellectualism while the other countries show more appreciation for their scholars. In his article he quoted, “how can typical parents be ashamed of their daughter studying mathematics instead of going dances….. How can they expect to compete in the technology race with Japan or remain a leading political and cultural force in Europe?” Fridman end his article by asking a rhetorical question saying “how long can America remain a world-class power if we constantly emphasize social skills over academic achievement and intellectual ability?
Occasion: System of values in society addressing nerd and geeks
Type of text: Article
Strong verb: Ostracized
In this article, Extraordinary writer, Leonid Fridman displays to us how our society negatively values it's, "nerds and geeks" but instead, blissfully promotes it's "football and "baseball" players. Firdmans purpose was to give us information on how the people of our society ignore the importance of reading or studying on core subjects but instead enlightened the athletes. Firmans efficaciously uses the definition order in the very first sentence to set the tone, "a Greek, according to Webster's dictionary is a"... With the he not only displayed his knowledge but increased our vocabulary as we'll. In line 29 Firdman then went on to explain how because of Americas values, nerds and geeks feel ashamed of who they are due to the fact they are going to feel unaccpeted in this "physical prowess" society . America must open up there eyes to the true conquerors of this nation before it's to late.
Aziza Abdul-Aziz
September 14, 2014 Pd: 3B
Speaker: Leonid Fridman
Occasion: System of values in society addressing nerd and geeks.
Type of text: Article
Strong verb: Denounce
Debater and Writer, Leonid Fridman, wrote an article called "America Needs Its Nerds" to inform fellow americans on how the "Brains" of America is being treated. In his article he states that we , the fellow americans, are idolizing sports rather than showing appreciation for our nerds. Fridman also shows recognition to the derogative word "geeks" as it is used to describe are smart people. He uses the rhetorical strategy "cause and effect" to help his readers to better understand his argument. America's nerds is scared to show their smarts because they feel that their fellow friends will critize them for being intelligent.
Speaker: Leonid Fridman
Occasion: wrong treatment of nerds and geeks
Type of text: Article
Strong verb: ashamed, ostracized
President of Language scientific and a Harvard graduate Leonid Fridman wrote an article discussing the ingratitude towards ''nerds and geeks''. His purpose was to change people’s views on the intellectually curious and academically serious. Fridman uses compare and contrast as a rhetorical strategy to show that America will soon fall behind other countries, if we continue to look down on smart people. '' In many parts of the world... professorships are the most prestigious...positions, but not in America where professional ball players are most respected''. This quote suggests that if we continue to undervalue our nerds, then most likely no one will want to study hard or try to do well in school, which would cause an academic decline. It would further decrease literacy and graduation rates and jobs will have to shut down due to the lack of necessary intellectual skills. ''How can we compete in the technology race with japan or remain a...political...and cultural force in Europe?’ ’, Where they encourage and recognize there nerds as opposed to America, where we ridicule and look down on ours. Fridman effectively used compare and contrast, knowing that Americans are prideful and would not want to lose their ''world-class'' leader status due to the unrecognition of nerds.
Aziza Abdul-Aziz
September 14, 2014 Pd: 3B
Speaker: Leonid Fridman
Occasion: System of values in society addressing nerd and geeks.
Type of text: Article
Strong verb: Denounce
Speaker: Leonid Fridman
Occasion: wrong treatment of nerds and geeks
Type of text: Article
Strong verb: ashamed, ostracized
President of Language scientific and a Harvard graduate Leonid Fridman wrote an article discussing the ingratitude towards ''nerds and geeks''. His purpose was to change people’s views on the intellectually curious and academically serious. Fridman uses compare and contrast as a rhetorical strategy to show that America will soon fall behind other countries, if we continue to look down on smart people. '' In many parts of the world... professorships are the most prestigious...positions, but not in America where professional ball players are most respected''. This quote suggests that if we continue to undervalue our nerds, then most likely no one will want to study hard or try to do well in school, which would cause an academic decline. It would further decrease literacy and graduation rates and jobs will have to shut down due to the lack of necessary intellectual skills. In some countries they encourage and recognize their nerds, as opposed to America, where we ridicule and look down on ours. As Fridman stated,’’ How can we compete in the technology race with japan or remain a…political and cultural force in Europe? ’If we are to continue ostracize our bright minds. Fridman effectively used compare and contrast, knowing that Americans are prideful and would not want to lose their ''world-class'' leader status due to the unrecognition of nerds.
Speaker: Leonid Fridman
Occasion: assertion of America’s anti-intellectual values
Type of Text: Article
Strong Verb(s): asserts/permeate/convey
Author, Leonid Fridman, in his article, “America Needs Its Nerds,” asserts America’s admiration of the anti-intellectual ideologies that permeate its society today. In the excerpt, Fridman intends to convey his discomfort with the nation’s system of values that have led to the disparagement of the “intellectually curious.” Fridman establishes his argument through the use of the rhetorical strategy comparison and contrast. He cites, “not least of all our economic rivals in East Asia, a kid who studies hard is lauded and help up as an example to other students.” This quote serves to show how in contrast to these countries, America doesn't celebrate educational prowess. Fridman wants people to be aware that if we not begin to encourage children to pursue higher knowledge, we would otherwise succumb to our inferior adversaries. He articulates,” In many parts of the world, university professorships are the most prestigious positions…but not in America where professional ballplayers are much more respected and better paid.” In other industrialized nations it’s questionable for a basketball player to be held to a higher standard than a professor. Fridman intends to show how unimportant American society finds the “academically serious.” His implementation comparison and contrast encourages the America to reevaluate its priorities as a nation.
Speaker: Leonid Fridman
Occasion: Change of American Values: Mistreatment of Intellectuals
Type of text: Article
Aziza Abdul-Aziz
September 21st, 2014
Pd: 3A
Speaker: Leonid Fridman
Occasion: System of values in society addressing nerd and geeks.
Type of text: Article
Strong verb: Denounce
In
this article, writer Leonid Fridman discusses the wrong set of values America
has placed on athletes instead of those who are seekers of knowledge which are
“nerds and geeks.” Fridman’s purpose is to shine the spotlight on the
true heroes; the nerds and the geeks and to denounce the high pedestal that
athletes have been set upon. Fridman effectively uses cause and effect as a rhetorical
strategy to expose America’s obsession with superiority which nowadays is found
in sports. Athletes are idolized and anyone who doesn’t fall into the sports
category is deemed as “basic” or “inferior”. Fridman
emphasizes the cause by stating that Americans “ostracize nerds for their
intelligence and refusal to conform to society’s anti-intelligence values.”
Friedman’s rationale is to show that if we as a nation
continue to praise athletes and outcast nerds and geeks for “reading books
rather than playing football” our nation will not be equipped with the
“technology race with Japan.” This is
effective to Friedman’s argument because America is constantly competing to be a
leading nation, and if our newer generation is not prepared to take on the
competitor that is Japan we could be doomed as a “second class nation.”
If America continues to display an appeal to those who wear jerseys
rather than those who enjoy reading “Weber” in their spare time, we as a
nation will cease to “remain the political and cultural force in Europe….and a
world class power.” This is valuable to
Fridman’s argument because it reminds the reader that in order to remain as
powerful as America has become we are going to need people that achieve
academically and have intellectual ability. In this article Fridman effectively
gets his points across and allows the reader to see the consequences of belittling
the “nerds and geeks.”