Period 3, 2019: Your favorite annotation for "Is the Drive for Success Making Our Children Sick?" by Rebecca Willner https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e 1. Click to create a box on the page. 2. Click the top of your box and copy the textual evidence. 3. Click the body of the box and copy your analysis/interpretation. en-us 2019-10-08 12:51:45 UTC 2025-12-31 18:52:26 UTC hello@padlet.com " A growing body of medical evidence suggests that long-term childhood stress is linked not only with a higher risk of depression and anxiety... https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395026948 Stress that is being caused by the pressures of school leaves a lasting impact on many people, not only during their time as a student but, also during their adult life.
Grant, Rocco, Aidan, & Evan]]> 2019-10-08 13:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395026948 Austin- “I’m talking about 5-,6-,7-year-olds who are coming in with these conditions.” https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395038488 This makes the audience, once again, have a sense of guilt for what they are doing to, not only teenagers, but children that are this young.]]> 2019-10-08 14:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395038488 "We are sitting on a ticking time bomb." https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395039500 This is using figurative language such as alliteration and metaphor, to help describe how the epidemic of stress is adding up on the students. ~Sydney, Brittany, Jordan]]> 2019-10-08 14:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395039500 "impersonal material" https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395039818 The work teachers push on students is not customized to fit the individual student. It is given to everyone. Some students are behind, some are ahead. Everyone is expected to do the same things when everyone is different. Some students need easier work, some need harder. School should fit everyone's individual learning capabilities, not trying to make students feel the need to be like everyone else. ~ Gabby]]> 2019-10-08 14:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395039818 ...parents and students there have chosen to start making a change. https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395040305  This implies that parents have the opportunity to make a change  for the well-being of their children.  This could cause a sense of guilt for the parents who aren’t doing anything to help their children. - lane and Katie ]]> 2019-10-08 14:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395040305 “54 percent of students showed moderate to severe symptoms of depression. More alarmingly, 80 percent suffered moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395042147 This creates a sense of guilt, it allows the audience to realize what they are truly doing to students by giving them so much work and such high expectations. Students try their best to accomplish what is wanted from them but often have struggles in their way, and experience issues while trying to achieve success ]]> 2019-10-08 14:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395042147 "We are sitting on a ticking time bomb..." 21donnabig https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395042159 There is a feeling of nervousness and this could create a sense of urgency. The audience may feel the need to take action and make a change so this issue doesn't progress to the point where it cannot be solved. -Abby and Halie]]> 2019-10-08 14:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395042159 “Yet instead of empowering them to thrive, this drive for success is eroding children’s health and undermine their potential. Modern education is actually making them sick.” https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395045025 The author uses the strong word of “empowering” to display what a school should do. Through this quote, Abeles indicates that children's health is deteriorated and it causes them to have negative thoughts about their potential. This is an example of a claim of fact]]> 2019-10-08 14:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395045025 Janae- "At the other end of the spectrum, doctors increasingly see children in early elementary school suffering from migraine headaches and ulcers." https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395045824 This statement provides a contrast to things being said earlier about teenagers and college students having stress in their lives. The purpose of this statement is to explain that this problem of stress can occur in all ages of adolescence, not only highschool and college students.]]> 2019-10-08 14:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395045824 https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395045894 "In place of high-stakes childhoods, they are choosing health." - This appeals to the audience by using pathos since the author is revealing how people are replacing lifelong and childood problems with beneficial solutions. Also, it creates a sense of hope among the audience since this could change the problems among children which can make their lives overall better. - autumn ]]> 2019-10-08 14:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395045894 " This is so far beyond what y https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395586013 2019-10-09 13:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/willnerr/dleiccyr588e/wish/395586013