The curriculum is garbage by Tatiana Schlossberg

1. The curriculum is garbage by Tatiana Schlossberg maintains a lighthearted yet respectful STANCE toward her subject of garbage school. How is this stance appropriate given the subject? What other stance might she have taken?

2. The title curriculum is garbage of Schlossberg’s profile can be read in two ways: wither the curriculum is bad or it is devoted to garbage. Newspapers often use clever headlines of this kind to draw readers into an article. Suggest two others ways the profile might be titled- one simply informative and the other using a play on words or some other form of humor, like the actual title.

3. Schlossberg includes many QUOTATIONS. Choose two of them that strike you as especially interesting, and explain what they add to the profile. 4. Schlossberg ENDS her profile with a quotation from one of the students: “Mr. Wilmer said, “ I used to have trucks like these ones under my Christmas tree when I was little. Now I get to play with the real things”. Is this an effective way to end? Why? Or why not? Why do you think Schlossberg chose to end this way?

Answers

The stance by was contrived to draw the attention of the reader to the newspaper. taking the subject of the school, the appropriate subject could have been “School the life changer” it is ironic to term the school as garbage simply because it takes people who are npt worth and makes people resourceful and useful in the society.

– Informative title: “A Career in Garbage may not be as bad as you think”

– Humor title: “Dirty Work Pays”