Analysis Of Deceiving Education By Shaan Patel

In Deceiving Education, Shaan Patel synthesizes a compelling dissertation that the government is misleading us in NCLB or “No Child Left Behind program”. Although some detractors may believe that this situation in nonexistent, the arguments set forth in the article’s dismiss such romantic critics as excessively dogmatic in their provincial ideology. One of the broader notions presented in the essay is that our government is controlling us and letting us believe what they want and not what the nation itself wants to believe, Patel adroitly delivers a cogent argument to sway his readers by using authority, word choice, and emotion. Throughout this article Patel highlights several influential sources in order to persuade readers to

This helps his argument and shows that there is a difference between the test grades from the variety of students. Harvard is a reliable source that he uses and he also uses the Wall Street Journal editorial “Acid Tests.” “Charles Murray’s points out “that the federalism this country was founded on by nationalizing “elementary and secondary education.” It tells of how we as a nation are being overturned. This is important because it helps the nation and its own ability to think. Similar to many adept editorial writers Patel attempts to continually expound the magnitude of his argument by asserting the far-reaching negative consequences of the government misleading the country into believing they are furthering the learning system with NCLB. “There is something inherently wrong with a government when it is willfully skewing studies to fit expectations.” Here Patel expertly explains how the government skillfully undermines the country. It is has significance in his essay, because of its skillful word choice. “However, the government manipulates statistics to fit its own predictions is trivial compared to the ethical violations it commits when doing so.” This can be seen as how the nation cannot think for itself when the government has full control over