TOW #22- John Legend: Let every child’s light shine

In present day, it is not common to hear about people opposing the way the education system works as a whole. Maybe it just isn’t publicized to keep people thinking there aren’t many people opposing it, however this article did exactly that. It is called John Legend: Let every child’s light shine. John Legend wrote the article, which gives it a lot of ethos. He uses his success to prove that he knows what he is talking about. He also uses personal anecdotes. He talks about his own experiences with discovering his true passion. He says he was a regular kid going through college planning on going into business but he always had a love for music. When he finally got a job outside of college, he wasn’t happy. He realized he wanted to pursue his passion for music. This made him not only extremely successful but also happy. He states that the only way to truly be successful is to love what you do, and his story directly proves that. Legend introduces his main point after this story. He says that the education system doesn’t allow students to find their passion. There needs to be more student-centered environments that help students discover what they love. After the author states the goal he also goes through many things people are doing to help. There are fifteen non-profit organizations joined with Understood.org to support parents whose children have learning and attention issues. Another organization is called Peace First, which is aimed to identify and support the next generation of peacemakers. He goes through many more including the one he was involved with, which was launching tonight. His hidden agenda, one could say, was to present his project known has LRNG to the world. He goes through how each person can help, which is what most articles similar to this lack. This article altogether was very convincing and made me want to do something for the cause.  
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/17/opinion/legend-education-passions/index.html