TOW 12

Student interest for jobs with a science and math base has dropped in recent years although these are the markets in which jobs have increased the most.  In the piece Who Says Math has to be Boring the Editorial Board for the New York Times make an argument of policy that the educational system in America needs to be altered in order to help fix this issue.  This Editorial Board is made up of 19 journalist of the New York Times who all has differing backgrounds in an effort to write well rounded articles.  This article includes four separate ideas in how to better equip students for the world and how to make their abilities and view of math and science better.  These four ways are a more flexible curriculum, earlier start with numbers, better-prepared teachers, and experience in the real world.  All of these ideas are separate and could work at fixing the issue on their own but would work even better together.  This article is also likely targeted to a more educated audience likely interested in politics or with a strong opinion about how the current education system is being run in an effort to spur them to think that there are flaws but there are simple ways to fix these issues.  One way the authors try to get this across is by clearly making a distinction between each idea.  Each idea is even made into separate categories and individually talked about to an extent.  This allows the readers to make clear divisions about each idea and think about them with a new mind as each new solution arises.  This also makes sure that the reader knows which idea is which and does not blur the lines between suggested solutions thinking that one thing may be under another.