12/28/2017 Rhetorically analyzing "A Mother Is Facing A Felony Charge For Trying To Record Bullying At Her Daughter's School"Read Now In this article, the author is mainly discussing how Sarah Sims, a mother in Virginia was told by her daughter that there were children in her school who were constantly bullying her. Sims took it upon herself to secretly place a recorder in her daughters desk at school so that she could hear what the children were saying to and about her daughter. School officials notified the police of her actions after they soon discovered the recording device in the daughter's desk. "Sims was charged with one felony count for "interception, disclosure, etc., of wire, electronic or oral communications" as well as a misdemeanor count for "contributing to the delinquency of a minor," Virginia police wrote in an email to BuzzFeed News." says author Cora Lewis. I feel as if it wasn't fair for the mother t be charged with a felony for her concern for her child's safety, and that it wasn't ethically right for the school to completely ignore the fact that Sims's daughter was being bullied given that they had the evidence from the recording device.
I believe that in this article, the author is mainly appealing to pathos and logos. She used pathos when discussing how the daughter was being bullied, and logos when talking about the charges that the mother faced after the recorder was found. Overall from this article, I believe that both the parents and the school officials were somewhat in the wrong. Sims didn't have permission from the school to put the recording device in her daughter's desk, nor did she have permission from the children's parents that they could be recorded: The school was in the wrong for not acknowledging the fact that Sims's child was being bullied and that they had evidence from the recording device even if they didn't believe her.
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AuthorMy name is Kamayah Richardson. I am 15 and I am currently taking AP English Language and Composition in Ms. Theaker's 1A Class. Archives
March 2018
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