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The free TAFE scheme being put forward by the Labour government is being heavily criticised by the public and the media. The poor experiences that are being progressively reported by students in TAFE courses can be linked to the inexperience and lack of care of the casual staff members increasingly being employed. In Anne Maki’s letter to the editor, “When the TAFE option is to retire from teaching,” she uses an anecdote to explore the reasons that many experienced staff members are choosing to retire young. She uses a reasonable tone to persuade a politicly invested audience of her beliefs. Ewa Haire’s letter to the editor, “This is the result of casualisation,” she adopts a frustrated tone to explore the poor experiences that TAFE is giving students. The political cartoon furthers this point.
In Maki’s letter she employs a combination of evidence and anecdote to highlight the way that the experienced staff members are being lost to the industry. She opens, “My husband was a TAFE teacher for 30 years,” which builds her credibility to the audience and aids in their understanding if her piece. Maki goes on to explain the qualifications her husband has previously obtained, “He has two degrees, one in education,” which positions the audience to see how he was a highly qualified and valuable staff member. As her letter progresses Maki furthers her point about the loss that his class experienced when he “refused another update of qualifications,” eliciting feelings of sympathy and understanding from the reader.
Utilising a variety of emotive language, Haire makes her annoyance clear, while contending that the increased employment of casuals illustrates that the experiences of students are no longer the top priority. She begins by highlighting the way that permanent TAFE staff, “with a vested interest in the courses they teach,” are progressively being replaced by sessional teachers. This elicits annoyance from the reader. In “When the TAFE option is to retire from teaching,” Maki constructed her argument by building her credibility and attempting to gain sympathy from the reader whereas Haire attempts to elicit frustration and irritation from her audience the whole way through. Haire furthers her point by highlights the way that casual staff must, “attempt to cobble together a reasonable weekly wage,” and how this leads to a decrease in teaching quality. This further frustrates Haire’s audience of TAFE affiliates and those with strong political interest. The article finished with, “Pastoral care for entering students? You're kidding.” Questioning is uses to highlight the points Haire has already made and directs the focus of her audience to her key value, the wellbeing of students. This differs from Maki’s article, in which she did not address the situations of either the casual staff or the students.
Third paragraph addressing the image which I’m not really sure how to write.
Conclusion… once again not sure.