Jon Meacham wrote Time Magazine’s The Class of 2025, to question whether or not students are being prepared correctly for opportunities in the future. Jon Meacham wanted to shed light to the idea that students may not be properly prepared by universities for jobs in the future. Jon Meacham quoted businesses in saying that they had trouble finding employes qualified for open positions. This causes people to question the approach that universities are using to teach their students. Some argue that their should be set requirements of knowledge that each student should know; whereas others believe students should be taught skills that would prepare them for jobs. Jon Meacham does not take a side in this debate, but informs the reader of the two sides.
Jon Meacham successfully provided insight on the debate of how students are being taught in college. He quoted employers and university alumni to counter both sides of the argument. He also informed the reader about the rising cost of college, and the hours spent studying in college going down. Today, the average student studies for 13 less hours than a student in 1961, and the price of college today for four years is almost as expensive as the average single family home. Providing these statistics causes the reader to buy more into the argument. The choice of providing statistics appeals to pathos because the reader feels connected to the argument because they can connect the price of college to their income. The reader now begins to see the importance and take a side in this debate as they will one day have to pay the rising cost of tuition for their children in the future. Jon Meacham successfully provided insight on whether or not the direction of college education is right for opportunities in the future, as well as manage to get the reader to see the importance of this debate.
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