Hypothetical Vallas

Paul Vallas is considered a politician who changed his view on education from CPS to Charters. This creates controversy on Vallas and shows him in a negative light. However, if we here to turn back to CPS, how would he phrase his message to his audience. This is what my class, Rhetoric, is trying to discover. Not just Paul Vallas, but other infamous political characters in Chicago that students studied. We tried studying certain methods on how to connect to your audience in a very specific way. These methods or subjects being pathos/logos/ethos, history on speeches, advertisement, and language tools. Finally, we went to certain places and met important figures like Troy LaRaviere, Ted Miin, and Alia Bilal.

What we had to due was create a hypothetical and successful rhetorical speech based around a candidate each student choose. I picked Paul Vallas, the former CEO of CPS who is now advocating for Charters. Considering that there was a controversy between the CPS and Charters, I wanted to create a situation where Paul Vallas changed his opinion on Charters. The reason was because Chicago so far doesn't take kindly to Charters. Underneath this intro is a 4 minute speech I made for Paul Vallas if he needed to answer the question "Do you believe Charters and CPS can exist together in the same playing field". What I enjoyed most about the project was the research allowing myself to discover both sides of the argument and who has more truth within each case. However, what I found troublesome was trying to balance ethos and pathos into my logos filled speech. Still, I hope you enjoy.
                      

Speech from Jeimar Neiza on Vimeo.

JN, "Vallas Love blogger.com, Sept 30, 2018

The image here is the campaign logo for Vallas himself. It is a staircase of blue to show that he is progressive, and the red arrow to show that the right way is the red way. Showing he is going for Republican while taking the stairs of progression.

Citations

JN "Rhetoric Papers" issu.com, Issue, Sep 28, 2018

“Paul Vallas, CEO, Chicago Public Schools” youtube.com, City Club of Chicago, Web. Feb 21, 2014, Sept 28, 2018

Staff “The State of CPS • How Charter Schools are Undercutting Neighborhood Schools in Chicago” thesedays.news, These Days, Web, Feb 24, 2017, Sept 28, 2018


Strauss V “A dozen problems with charter schools” washingtonpost.com Washington Post, Web May 20, 2014, Sept 28, 2018