Humor In The Classroom By Halberstam Joshua

Humor in the Classroom
Halberstam Joshua uses humor to effectively communicate his message to the college students that are looking to be successful in college. By communicating on a lighter note, the author has helped the readers to solve the dilemmas between ethics and culture. His style is rather informal and one that requires little preparation, which makes it interesting to read his work. Halberstam introduces a topic on attendance, he begins it with an introductory statement where he humorously states that despite him not taking attendance, he does not owe favors to anyone (Halberstam 1). Consequently, he draws insights and evidence from the colleges system that some professors are strict on class attendance and participation, while

others care less about taking a class attendance. His ideas and perspectives are followed by a careful and rather humorous analysis that is developed and supported by clear arguments. The humorous nature of his work persuades readers to think like students. Instead of writing on the rules and requirements by the university to persuade his students, the author adds an informative and humorous approach that gives insights in regards to the ethics that students need to apply to succeed. At the end, he provides a concluding and comical statement in form of short notes on the do’s and don’ts for students. The humor used by the author is a rhetoric style that helps the reader to examine, question, and describe the different models used by professors to grade students (Halberstam 8-10).
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Works Cited
Halberstam, Joshua. "Class in the Classroom." Acing College. New York: Penguin,
1991.