"Education"

S- Education reformation/ philosophy

O- American Scholar 1800s

A-Readers of the magazine/ educators/ parents

P- To persuade/ to educate

S- R.W. Emerson

T- Philosophical/ confident/ professional

1. The SOAPST helps the reader better understand the piece of literature, “Education”.  The subject does give the readers an idea on what the piece is about and the purpose would help them comprehend on why and for what reasons R. W. Emerson wrote such a piece. This is about t how Emerson believes children should be raised and educated it is his tone that convinces the reader what he is saying is true. When the readers know his tone they will realize that he is confident, not afraid to speak his mind, professional, and philosophical. Emerson believes that when it comes to learning a child should be left alone to choose their own path. Their parent may help when help is needed but are not allowed to give the child a set path for the future. Emerson perfectly explains what educators should and should not do and why.
    
2. This piece of literature is quite effective for the intended audience generally because the intended audience is for the readers of the magazine but mostly for educators (parents included). It benefits them because it teaches them and persuades them to the right thing, which in this case would be to follow his steps on how to better educate a child. This piece could educate many people by help teaching them the more enhanced way to help a child learn, which is to let them learn through observation, experience and should be allowed to choose their future on their own with no outside aid.