In Rita's speech, she once heard a colleague say "They don't pay me to love children, they pay me to teach a lesson and children should learn it. Case closed” Rita then says, “Well, I told her, well, kids don't learn from people they don't like” (1:36) This creates a sense of humor, keeps the audience's attention and supports the his main idea of children needing a healthy relationship with their educator. It seems that Rita is arguing with her colleague as her colleague has a different feeling about relationships between students and teachers. She attacks her colleague in her speech to demonstrate that Rita disagrees with her colleague's thoughts on relationships with students. Rita's message is to demonstrate that establishing connections between teacher and student can be very effective in a child's education. “Teaching and learning should bring joy How powerful would our world be if we had kids who weren't afraid to take risks, who weren't afraid to think, and who had a champion? Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best they can be” (7:01). Rita uses logos in this speech telling her audience how powerful the world would be if children enjoyed learning. He makes a point with the word “champion” telling the audience that they can be one
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