“How to Help Refugees Rebuild Their World”
Attention grabber. In “How to Help Refugees Rebuild Their World” by Melissa Fleming the Chief Spokesperson for the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), she argues that even though the refugees’ basic needs are being met, society still needs to support them achieve in receiving an education on the ground that they are the future of their country. She exhorts (people) to help refugees’ get an education. Fleming’s builds her argument by using reason with her personal experience, personal facts, and successfully, including emotions and values by the connection her work and personal life; however, her attempts to appeal trust and credibility to her audience weaken her overall argument. Melissa Fleming’s defends that more can be done than just meeting the basic needs of a refugee; helping them continue and thrive with an education should also be in the help they receive from the non-refugees in “How to Help Refugees Rebuild Their World.” As she goes into detail about how refugees risk their lives everyday trying to attend school and get an education because their “determination to graduate” is
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She shows her audience pictures of refugees children and how important education is to them. “We’re all afraid, but our determination to graduate is stronger than our fear.” (Hany- interview conducted by Flemings). By showing the pictures, the audience get to see the face expression of the refugee and the importance education is for them. “ If am not a student, I am nothing.” The emotional appeal used by Flemings supports her argument because her talk is full of emotional words which allows to demonstrate to her audience and connect with the refugees and be consistent on the importance of helping the refugees continue with their
Chase Mielke’s spoken word piece, “What Students Really Need to Hear”, shines many lights on the purpose of school and how students contribute to said purpose. There are a myriad of important points, although the central idea stands out above all. More specifically, the idea that the point of school is not to memorize facts, but to learn how to deal with difficult times properly. He writes, “It is your resilience in conquering the main event- adversity- that truly prepares you for life after school.” Mielke illustrates this concept using rhetorical devices such as pathos, or emotions. Simply, the author’s use of pathos emphasizes the idea that school’s ‘main event’ is to instruct students on how to keep moving in the face of seemly insurmountable harshness.
There are a great number of students who face obstacles when crossing the border into college. Unfortunately Donna Beegle was one of them. Beegle faced barriers such as poverty, lack of middle class knowledge, and multiple responsibilities. Donna Beegle was facing immense difficulties due to her poverty even after receiving welfare resources. She was not able to take good care of her children and family. As a single parent, Beegle had hard time paying rent, utilities, transportation, basic needs, and providing nutritious food for her children. Due to non-payment her lights was cut and was also evicted (Beegle 139). In acquiring knowledge, she also had her welfare
She Shows everything that can be done to help reduce or stop student debt. Showing that activists can help make an actual change. She uses organizations that are activists and all their accomplishments. She shows what other countries are doing as well such as canada and their success in helping young people. She does this in hopes that the audience will have a “Click” moment , as she uses in the passage, and will realize that they can actually make a difference and take charge of their own
In this example Lennon plays with our sympathy, telling stories of how Roberto was one of two hundred prisoners that were trying to get accepted into the college program that only seats twenty three. He ends with a quote from his mother “How you think is how you act”(Lennon 3). This saying by his mother, is comparing the inmates attitudes going into jail and how if educated how they can change when coming out. In this argument by John J. Lennon he uses a variety of pathos, logos and ethos writing methods in order to try and persuade the readers to agree with adding more college courses for inmates. Although the argument is very well written Lennon’s use of egos, pathos and logos are lacking. Which in turn allows the readers to not be persuaded towards his goal of increasing the amount of classes offered in
This essay relies more on pathos because she shows her emotions towards the students who have suffered because of
Having been ripped from their world by violence and chaos, refugees find themselves adrift in a completely different realm. To clearly observe such a struggle, look no further than Clarkston, Georgia, and the works of author Warren St. John. In John’s novel Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference, the challenges of refugees in Clarkston are chronicled and encountered in many ways, including discrimination and bias from other races and cultures, inadequate English education in the past and present, and the desire to belong in a world refugees are not sure they fit
The practice of moving away from home in search of a better place or escaping conflict-ridden area is becoming common. People migrate from one country to another because of
Many people in the UK coupled with media stories, tend to portray asylum seekers as bogus individuals who are here purely for economic gains (Teater 2014). This has led organisations such as Refugee councils and Refugee Action
These issues also include poverty and limited or no access to education, training, mental health and health care resources. Refugees also face persecution and are unable to return to their home in their native country (Villalba, 2009). Mental health counselors need to understand the impact of trauma on their refugee clientele, as they may include physical torture and mental abuse in nature. According to Sue and Sue (2013) counselors will need to address the most salient concerns of refugees, which include safety and loss. The possibility of being, or having been, mentally abused and physically tortured has an impact on their ability to stay in the hosting country. Counselors will be dealing with post-traumatic stress from their client. Equally important is for the counselor to assist the refugee in understanding issues of confidentiality. For Muslim immigrants and refugees, counselors should consider national policies during the counseling process. For example, the two Sudanese sisters’ were able to resolve their religious practice of wearing the hijab and securing employment in a beneficial way. As an advocate for the sisters and other Muslim refugees, it would be helpful to provide them access to resources that educate them in antidiscrimination policies that can protect them against hate crimes and legal resources that can help them seek asylum. In essence, culturally competent practices for counselors working with immigrants and refugees begin with understanding their worldviews, as well the national and international legal issues that confront their
The goal of this research is to find out why the immigrant students have to face more challenges in the level of education they achieve, the high level poverty that they face in their daily lives and all the confusing networks they have around them which they have no clue of how to utilize it. Also, the research focusses on the fewer resources immigrant students have while achieving their goals. The research question is important as it does affect all immigrant students and their respective families and not limited just to the immigrant. I am sure many families move to a different country to achieve better education and to make a brighter future for themselves and their loved ones. These families come with so much hope and faith, but in return they are bombarded with so much confusing information that it’s very easy for them to get lost and give up. At last, children are the future and if from being they don’t have the correct resources then how will they achieve their goals.
First given as a speech, this article is written as an attack on human emotion.
Another casual night: the air is sticky, and the water is scarce, all throughout the country, the sound of gunshots ringing through the air. For most people, this “casual” night is beyond their wildest imagination, but for Syrians, it is an ongoing nightmare. Faced with the trauma of a civil war, Syrian refugees seek protection and a more promising future than the life they currently live in their oppressive country. Many seek refuge in other Middle East countries like Turkey and Jordan, but others search for hope in the icon of freedom, the United States of America. However, in America, there is an ongoing debate about whether or not Syrian refugees should be accepted.
Our moral duty to Syrian refugees. National Post. N.p. 15 January 2014. Web.
Many people believe it is not a good idea to improve refugee camps because refugees in particular do not reside in the camp for a long period. The local government misplaces the resources sent by UNHCR (United Nations of High Commissioner for Refugees); however, doing so will benefit both refugees and natives who live near the camps. The UNHCR should improve water treatment, bring education to people of every age, and improve educational environment and sanitation because the refugees will return home with a tremendous knowledge gained in the camps. Camps settled near the villages, many natives will benefit of the educational opportunity. But because the local government misplaces the
Refugees face governmental turmoil, political prosecution and natural disasters; however, women are further burdened by their female status, biological functions and lack of attention to the needs of women in refugee camps.