Hmmm... Chapter 13?

When I first opened up to the assigned chapter of CDA, the first word that came upon me was “ethos”. “What the heck is that?,” was all that came to mind. When I read further on, I realized that ethos and pathos were some of the important terms used in editorial and opinion writtings. Ethos describes how a presenter would come across their audience members and pathos is the emotions that the presenter evokes. The rest of the readings in the chapter are composed of several different example of how ethos and pathos are conveyed in different people’s editorials.
The first editorial writing that the book introduced was called “Native education boosted by presence of elders.” This one was probably my most favored article apart from the others presneted in this chapter. While reading it, I couldn’t help but thought of my grandma, and how she knew a about everything and yet she didn’t. In the eyes of her family members, my grandma was the wisest out of all of our family members because she have had so much experiences that none of us could have possible gone through; however, in other people’s perspective, she was just another slow and haggard lady. It is pretty sad how so many take the elders for granted, so it was nice to have Robert Baptiste speak up for his “kupuna”. People just need to learn that elders could be just as strong and intelligent too.
E.J. Montini’s article had a very determined tone because it felt as if he was trying to scream out that “squaw” is a disrespectful term. Honestly, before I read his editorial, I didn’t even know that this term existed but I can see why he is so concerned about it. This article made me thought of how simple words could sometimes result in huge impacts. I remember the time when me and my friends were obsess with Japanese music and every time when I refer to the Japanese, I would just say “ the Japs” for short. Never did I know that “Jap“ was an offensive and derogatory term so as a result I got scolded from my friend ( who also happens to be Japanese). That incident was so shameful and embarrassing, but it because of that I could really agree with Montini’s view on the use of “squaw.”
The last two editorial were the ones that didn’t really made me think of much although the affirmative action articles should be a concerning subject for college students. They were really straight to the point on their arguments on the pros and cons of affirmative actions so I didn’t really have much to add to their comments. “Walking the Line” was a rather difficult article for me to understand because I couldn’t figure out what Jack Turner was trying to convey until the very last part of his article.