Blog entry #5 Local story respond 

As a student, I beleive that offering courses that allow flexibility to be a good thing. There is pros and cons to this new way of approaching school, but after reading the article Ibelieve that this can be do the most good. Finishing college in three years instead of four feels like such a relief to hear. The reason being that in high school, students had to complete four years of school to graduate. Three years is a great deal, I honestly feel that this serves very well to those students who do have full time duties. Like a full time job, many students are parents, so I feel that ASU is taking things like this into consideration. In a way it shows that the students are being heard, which is actually astonishing. This article hits all the sides of the rhetorical triangle by using examples, and providing evidence they've come across. for example, Ethos in this article can be found when Ryman states "ASU officials aren't looking to dump the traditional semester system for all face-to-face courses, but Capaldi said officials are evaluating some of the most popular courses within the most popular majors to see if they also would work in the shorter format." This falls under ethos because it show that in the ASU community issues are being worked on and they're trying to find a resolution to help their students achieve more. Ethical appeals are shown when Ryman states "71 percent of four-year colleges and universities use the traditional fall-spring semester system, but within the traditional semester, more schools are offering shorter courses, as well, said Barmack Nassirian, associate executive director for the American Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers." This article does well by presenting this because as a student I'm curious to see how other schools are offering programs to find out what is the best thing for me to do. For example, I'm glad this article was presented to me because I'm looking to transfer to a university and this sounds like a good alternative. As emotional appeals, the author used words like "saving money" which is emotional to every college student! Tuition isn't free, and I sure hope that these type of programs are effective. Thanks for reading! -Susie :)