Michelle Obama Tries to Support Girl's Education

On October 11, 2018, Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States from 2009-2017, published an article tilted Michelle Obama: Educate every girl. She is a passionate and personal case for education. She has always been inspiring the importance of education in our life, especially girls. In this article, she writes about her visitation at a high school in Unification Town, Moravia.

Moravia is a small country, and many students go to school with low conditions. The only light in the classroom is from the cloudy sky, and people barely see each other’s face even a short distance, Michelle Obama states. Many girls have to wake up early and walk for miles to attend school. Many girls try to go to school even they have to work to pay their school fees and to take care of their families. Furthermore, there are many girls try to get education "even though many are pressured to marry as adolescents, sidetracking their own goals for a man's," Mrs. Obama writes. She seems really sad and angry when she describes those bad things that the girls have to face. Finally, she calls for helps from people around the world to the Global Girls Alliance organization.

Since the author is Michelle Obama, the first African-American First Lady and an American lawyer graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, this article should be very credible. At first, she discusses about how bad that girls in Moravia have to face to get their educations. The audience are Americans and people around the world. Michelle Obama carefully describes difficult situations in Moravia, and she also gives out evidences to support her statements as well. She tries to convince people to help young girls around the world. She claims that 98 million adolescent girls around the world are not in school, and she states the reasons for this are many like scarce resources, early pregnancies, threats of violence. She argues that we should help the girls through the Global Girls Alliance because educating girls isn't just good for the girls, it's good for all of us. Since I am an Asian, I know how bad people treat girls in some country. In general, young girls in the U.S get more opportunities than other countries. So, I agree with Michelle Obama that girls need more educations, and they need help from us. Generally, Mrs. Obama is very successful to point out obstacles that many girls are struggling with. That's reason why she needs our helps.

The Public's View of Donald Trump

On October 2, 2018, the New York Times published an article by The Editorial Board titled Donal Trump and the Self-Made Sham. The New York Times Editorial Board is a composed of journalists that mainly response to write The Times's editorials. The board is part of the Opinion Department. In the article, the Editorial Board argues that Mr. Trump has been amplified about his tale Self-Made Billionaire, and it "looks less like innocent exaggeration than malicious deception."

Following the story, young Mr.Trump received a modest $1 million loan from his father, and he built his assert into a multibillion-dollar global empire. However, the Editorial Board claims that this story was a sham because Mr. Trump had received financial from his father as a toddler. Beside of his $1 million loan, Donald Trump also involved tens of millions from his family's wealth. According the The Times, Donald Trump had received from his father close to $9 million before he had turned 30 years old. As growing up in the rich family, he also benefits from "a well-connected family — the connections, the access to credit, the built-in safety net," the author states. Generally, the author argues that "Mr. Trump is only self-made if you don’t count the massive financial rewards he received from his father’s." So, saying that Donald Trump built his business empire with $1 million loans is a fiction to burnish his glorious life, the News Editorial Board argues.

The author starts by quoting Mr.Trump's myth "I built what I built myself" to catch the audience's attention and slightly states the main idea of the article as well. The audience are Americans who care about their president's story. The Times Editorial Board's purpose is to persuade readers believe that Donald Trump is trying to bend the truth about his life. Since The New York Times is a national papers, and the article attracts many views easily. The author is very successful in leading and introduce the story to the reader. However, most arguments from the article are not going with specific facts and evidences. I see more assumptions than evidences throughout the article. For example, the author claims that little Donald received about $200,000 a year by age 3, but it is not supported by any specific evidence. Meanwhile, those arguments can be biased anyway. Sometimes, the author shows negative attitudes toward Donald Trump by using words and critical tone of voice. Eventually, I agree with the Editorial Board that Donald Trump could not built his business empire with only $1 million. Even the article lacks of strong evidences, but everything makes sense to me.