Liz Addison's Two Years Are Better Than Four

As students we are taught that in order to have an effective argument, we need a claim, reasoning, and evidence. When comparing, “Two Years Are Better than Four” by Liz Addison, and “Colleges Prepare People for Life” by Freeman Hrabowski it was made obvious that the passage written by Addison had a more effective argument because of the passages claim that was clear to the readers, great reasoning and evidence that backed up her claim. In the article “ Two Years are better than Four” written by Liz Addison she makes her claim very early on in the paper by stating that community college is the best option, because it has opportunities for any type of person. She goes to tell all of the advantages throughout the article. While in “College Prepares People for Life,” written by Freeman Hrabowski, states his claim being college teaches you more than just education but never goes on to tell you how college teaches you these things. With both claims explained, it is made clear that Liz Addison gives us a better look on how community colleges benefit everyone rather than Hrabowski barley mentioning his claim at all.

Reasoning is also put into factor as well. In “College Prepares People for Life,” they point out that being educated means more than education, but Hrabowski fails to provide the readers with much reasoning. “Two Years are better than Four” has many great reasons on why community college is better than a four year college. For example, Liz Addison talks about how community college accepts anyone. They do not care if you do not have the requirements for a four-year school; they will accept you. She also mentions how when people go to four-year schools they tend to get “stuck there”, meaning they never want to leave college. She insures readers that community colleges are to get in and out with a degree thus showing that she has great reasoning to back up her