Four Pillars of Argument

The Thesis statement of the essay “College Is a Waste of Time” by Dale Stephens is the sentence College is expensive in paragraph 4. The author supported his thesis with evidence in the same paragraph. The evidence he used in that same paragraph was stating that the College Board Policy Center found that the cost of college university tuition is about 3.6 times higher than it was 30 years ago. In Paragraph 5, the author stated that are alternatives to college and people shouldn’t depend on college and he is starting a social movement called “UnCollege”. The refutation the author used was stating that a major function of college is that it is a way potential employers that one is qualified to work; supporting that evidence like Employers are recruiting off social media and work sites. Finally, the concluding statement the author stated was “We who take our education outside and beyond the classroom understand how actions build a better world. We will change the world regardless of the letters after our names.”
The author appeals to the audience by using emotions and logic. In the essay, the author tones and mood when he stated some sentences. When he said “We must encourage young people to consider paths outside college.” The logic the author when he used statistics in paragraph 4. He also used logic in the refutation by stating employers look at college as a sign of a person being qualified to work. Even in his concluding statement the author used a lot of emotion.