Please, let me go to your school

Topic
The article focuses on a six-year-old Scarlett Finney who suffered from the spina bifida and unsatisfied with The Hills Grammar School because has rejected her application because of her disabilities.


Content
The article covers on a disappointed child, Scarlette Finney which her application has been rejected from studying at The Hills Grammar School because of her disabilities. She felt so unsatisfied because the school said that it will take the children with disabilities. Her mother, Bernadette Finney asks the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Graeme Innes to consider about this case. She said that Scarlette who suffered from spina bifida able to walk short distances and use ordinary toilet and she is not intellectually disabled. It is unfair because the school has accepted a blind student and student with an artificial leg. While the school has its own reason on not accept Scarlette. The barrister of the school, Ms Kate Eastman said that the school is not going to accept a student if it cannot provide everything to allow that the child to achieve her best. Besides that, the arrangement of the class also might be the major reason. This is because the kindergarten children need to move many times a day. So, Scarlette cannot move a lot and fast like the other children.


Source
The article comes from the newspaper.


Audience
The article is written for a non-specialist audience because the discourse used in the article does not include a scientific term of words. It is intended for especially parents who had a disable child. They must be comprehend on the feeling and also the situation faced by Scarlette and her family. Besides that, the high education staff also might be the intended reader because they can know about the chances of the disable child to get to study at the particular school.


The rhetorical function
The article is designed to inform the reader.


Purpose
The article aims to inform the readers who are parents and the staff of high education about a six-year-old Scarlett Finney who suffered from the spina bifida and unsatisfied with The Hills Grammar School because has rejected her application because of her disabilities.


Perspective
The stance taken in the article is about condemning the decision to refuse the Scarlette enrolment to study at the school. The writer supports the stance taken by supporting the school by giving concrete reasons on why the school has rejected Scarlette application. Even though the school receive $ 974,000 a year in Federal and State funds and charge fees up to $ 9,200 a year but still does not able to provide a Scarlette services and facilities. Besides that, the school also priorities the student achievement and want Scarlette achieve her best in the school. Apart from that, the school did not accept her application because of the class arrangement. The kindergarten children need to move many times a day and it is difficult for Scarlette to move a lot in a day because of her spina bifida. In my view, i do agree with the stance taken by the writer. This is because the school has stated the reasons on why the application of the Scarlett has been rejected. It does make sense that even though the school accept Scarlette application; it will not give the comfortability to Scarlette to study there. It will make Scarlette more suffering and does not enjoy to study. The stance taken tells us that the writer probably believes that the school is really priorities the student achievement and want the students can achieve the best. The implication for understanding this article is that Scarlette and her family cannot blame the school alone because has rejected her application.


Positioning
The article describes Scarlette Finney, a disable child with spina bifida unsatisfied with the school because has reject her application. She can walk in a short distance and use ordinary toilet. So, she can be normal just like other children. While, for the school has to accept her application because the school cannot provide the services and facilities to Scarlette. Besides that, the class arrangement also makes Scarlette even harder to study at this school. This is because the kindergarten children need to move many times a day.


Impact
The effect on readers is likely to be sympathy with Scarlette Finney because she does not be accepted to study at the school that she wanted to go. She has come out with many reasons to make she can study there. However, the readers cannot blame on the school alone because the school also has it own reasons.


Visual literacy
The visual aspects of the text are significant because the headline ‘Please, let me go to your school’ and the picture showed that the disable girl wants to go to the school but her application has been rejected by the school and she seemed so sad.