#550: Three Miles by Danica Savonick published on 2016-09-21T20:38:53Z More information: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/550/three-miles Comment by Danica Savonick @user-450957236: Do you think the overall message of this podcast is hope and promise? I think it wants to make audiences aware of the drastic conditions of educational inequality in the U.S. I don't see much hope, but if you do, make sure you provide evidence to support your analysis. 2018-09-24T16:18:50Z Comment by Jenn Keegan @kailyn-anselment: I believe she felt trapped living there her whole life and she thought her only option was to turn her head and never look back. 2018-09-24T16:17:35Z Comment by Danica Savonick @user-883407832: I'm not sure this is an argument - who would disagree with her description of herself? 2018-09-24T16:16:59Z Comment by Jenn Keegan @shannonkuczwaj: I can see where Melanie is coming from because she felt so out of place, but I have the same view as you and I love where I live. I grew up in a small town where everyone always knew what you are doing with the best school district around me. If I were in her shoes I would have probably did the same thing. 2018-09-24T16:04:20Z Comment by Jenn Keegan One rhetorical strategy used was when Melanie was describing herself was making an argument. she stated, "I had bright red hair, cherry red like Charli Baltimore, which was a female rapper at that time. I had my nails super long, out here, really colorful, like 20 colors on them". She felt like I didn't belong there and had no business in her new school, Fieldston. She uses her appearance to make the argument saying that since she doesn't wear or look like the "sea of blond, blue green eyed" people she can't go to that school and excel. Overall, She should look at the positive and think about getting an education immersed in diversity instead of continuing in the same mindset. 2018-09-24T15:44:24Z Comment by Dakota Wagner The comment about how the students of color expected education to be different is very intriguing. The purpose of the civil rights movement in America was that people of all races should have everything the same. 2018-09-24T15:40:07Z Comment by Dakota Wagner They make a good point that the education for the rich and the poor is different. It should not be this way 2018-09-24T15:34:08Z Comment by Javon Thornton The kids from University Heights felt unwelcomed and possibly scared to be at the private school. We see this when she provides the example of Melanie crying when she gets off the bus and analyzing how two different backgrounds and demographics can make you feel a certain way. 2018-09-24T14:17:10Z Comment by User 450957236 Melanie did deserve what she got. I love how she was visited about 10 years after the foundation was started, it shows how there is hope and promise still in this society. She came from a really crappy school for the underprivileged kids in the Bronx, to one of the most prestigious schools in the Bronx. 2018-09-24T14:10:15Z Comment by User 450957236 I believe it is great how they started to write letters and visit another school. Everyone needs diversity in their life, both schools needed that visit as a reality check. Not just one school, both needed the visit. 2018-09-24T14:03:42Z Comment by User 450957236 The one rhetorical strategy I found in this podcast was the use of Comparison. Lisa and Angela are both teachers in the Bronx and are very happy and energetic people. Lisas school is one of the poorest schools in the Bronx, and Angelas school in a very elite school. 70% of the kids who went there were white, and often got handed financial aid. They were only three miles from each other. 2018-09-24T14:00:28Z Comment by Austin_Lee Rhetoric Strategy: Defines key word. "Exposure is a tool for social change or economic mobility" She explains if someone wants to change their status or class, they have to see the other side first to know where they want to go. Which is why she emphasizes "exposure" 2018-09-24T11:49:55Z Comment by Austin_Lee The cue word here for the music was, "Bronx", the beat is an urban hip-hop type of beat, stereotypical to NYC life. It would make the most sense to start the music here because here is when she's explaining the background of both schools and we begin to visualize the difference between the two. I think the music makes us more attentive to what she's saying. 2018-09-24T11:41:34Z Comment by Austin_Lee Chana starts off her intro by listing similarities between two teachers, "are both teachers, both in the Bronx in New York City, both relentlessly energetic women, who make generous use of their arms while talking." This is a comparison rhetoric strategy. 2018-09-24T11:36:19Z Comment by Danica Savonick @alanie-genter: What strategies does Joffe-Walt use to make us feel bad for Melanie? How is her podcast able to influence our emotions in this way? 2018-09-24T04:14:30Z Comment by Danica Savonick @user-3987509: Can you be more specific? What emotions? 2018-09-24T04:13:11Z Comment by Danica Savonick @user-3987509: Great question. Would make an excellent topic for your second paper. 2018-09-24T04:12:54Z Comment by Danica Savonick @user-960644240: Yes! Important statistics. 2018-09-24T04:11:23Z Comment by Danica Savonick @matthew-javier-864856318: What do you mean by "Melanie is kind of like an example for education to students"? 2018-09-24T04:10:14Z Comment by Danica Savonick @matthew-javier-864856318: Good! 2018-09-24T04:09:15Z Comment by Danica Savonick @matthew-javier-864856318: To clarify, Chana Joffe-Walt is the reporter. But yes, important question (and should probably have question marks). Pretty sure the "it" is this school-swapping exposure experiment. 2018-09-24T04:08:55Z Comment by Danica Savonick @john-wheeler-699056637: Very important quote. 2018-09-24T04:07:39Z Comment by Danica Savonick @user-323149477: FYI Chana Joffe-Walt is the producer. Rachel Oppenheimer initially posted it to SoundCloud. Just to clarify! 2018-09-24T04:06:45Z Comment by Danica Savonick @kailyn-anselment: I'm not sure if that's her argument or whether she is defining a key term. It seems like her podcast is investigating whether or not "exposure" does what it claims. 2018-09-24T04:05:39Z Comment by jenna gargano Hard work pays off. No matter where you end up, there is a reason you got there. "You can't tell how the dots are going to connect your future, but you can tell how they connect you past". Everything will make sense in the end. 2018-09-24T03:47:28Z Comment by jenna gargano Kids take rejection harder than adults, therefore the reason Melissa was upset is fully acceptable. Working so hard to then getting denied hurts. 2018-09-24T03:36:16Z Comment by shannon kuczwaj The author makes comparisons (of the two different schools) as a rhetorical strategy. 2018-09-24T03:14:54Z Comment by shannon kuczwaj I found it interesting how Ashley compared their lives to a movie, Edward Scissorhands. They see their school, life, and experiences in the Bronx as Edward's dark, gloomy house that overlooks the bright, colorful city. They recognize how different and less-fortunate they are compared to other cities. I also found it very powerful when Ashley was commenting about Melanie's disappearance saying "how else does someone disappear like that? Unless they make it out of the Bronx, and never look back." It makes me grateful to live somewhere I never want to escape and look back on; A place where I can succeed. 2018-09-24T03:12:48Z Comment by jenna gargano A rhetorical strategy that was used was Comparison. The podcast is comparing two schools, one which is a public school that is located in the poorest congressional district in the country which is the South Bronx, and an elite private school in the Bronxs. 2018-09-24T03:05:55Z Comment by shannon kuczwaj @kailyn-anselment: I agree. The background music created a mood that could not be recognized just from the story. I found the repetition of music important as it also keeps the audience focused. 2018-09-24T02:58:32Z
