Thursday, October 8, 2015

Practicing Summary & Paraphrase

In this blog post, I will be including a quote from my article, and I will be summarizing and paraphrasing it. I will take the tips and suggestions from Student's Guide and Rules for Writers to help me do this.

Original source from "Pay Teachers More":

"That's a pernicious fallacy. A basic educational challenge is not that teachers are raking it in, but that they are underpaid. If we want to compete with other countries, and chip away at poverty across America, then we need to pay teachers more so as to attract better people into the profession." (Kristof 1)

My Paraphrase of Original Source:

Nicholas Kristof writes that the belief that teachers are being overpaid is a devastating lie. Teachers are not enjoying the excess amount of money they have; they are struggling because of the small amount of money they are paid. If America wants to be compared to other countries, and put an end to financial insufficiency, then citizens should take action to increase teacher's salaries in order to bring more qualified people into the education career.

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My Summary of the Original Source

Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnist, addresses a misinterpretation of teacher's salaries, as he explains that in order to bring more talented and qualified professionals into the education field, teacher's salary should increase.

--Jenny Bello


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