He told the story of this athlete who struggled much harder than he should have had to because of the lack of supervision and help from teachers throughout Cathey's public education journey. Wolverton took a very smart approach in sharing his argument and opinion, throughout the entire story it is very easy for the reader to imagine themselves right there with Cathey in his victories and his struggles. Had this article been approached differently, the effect might have been completely different. This author was smart, and he knew that the best way to get his point across was to make it interesting and use very vivid …show more content…
The author is telling a story, and in the story, he starts from the beginning, essentially, of Cathey's educational journey. This relates to all levels of students because at some point in each person's life, they were a beginner. He is teaching the younger students a lesson by explaining the importance of learning to read and write from early on. And he is teaching the teachers that they need to be more present in their student's educational journeys, rather than just seeing they got something right or wrong—these teachers need to work with the student to make sure the student understands why something is what it