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Rhetorical Analysis Of Waiting On Superman

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Dewight Greene
6th hour
4/8/2016
Rhetorical Analysis Essay/Waiting On Superman The film waiting on superman addresses the problem that kids are not receiving the right education to be successful in real life; after school is over and off to college. The filmmaker is very emotional about their thoughts and feelings how public schools should be. The purpose is to have the audience feel sympothy or (sadness) for the kids going to failing public schools and not receiving a good education. Teachers aren´t doing their jobs efficently they don´t achieve the maxium curriculum they are required to reach at the end of the school year. The film maker’s attitude is furious he or she believes that in order to have good public schools; the teacher’s

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