Sep 21 2023
News Story #4
This article was written in the wake of Biden’s student debt reform plan being struck down. The story highlights multiple people and their experiences with paying off their student debt, and why the workers are unforgiving of the steep loans being lifted. The article is clearly an opinion piece, but it still does well to highlight the issue from many perspectives. One example cites someone picking a different job path due to less debt. Many others share the same feelings and say that they don’t want their specific budgeting plans to go to waste because of the forgiveness plan. The author even includes a person who changed their beliefs a bit, due to his wife incurring some debt and he was able to empathize with the other side a bit better.
That being said, this article was still far from being great. The quotes chosen are good, but I’m left asking what the connection is behind them or why the specific people were chosen in the first place. While the last person did represent an opposing viewpoint, I don’t think it did it well enough to be considered a rebuttal or anything. Besides that, this article was well-supported, well-written, and it kept my interest and attention overall
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The sources and quotes were probably an attempt to show the variety of situations people are in, and the differences of opinion.
I’m not sure I’d call it an opinion piece, but he does begin with those who are against forgiveness. That was a choice.