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              I read "Youth Petition calls for compromise" by Dustin Luca on the Townsman website. This article was about the impact that Work-To-Rule has on students in Andover, especially at the high school. Luca used Emily Brownholtz, a junior, as their main source of information. The quotes used were mainly by Brownholtz and from an online petition that she helped to start. This petition has about 233 signatures according to the article. The article partly explains what is happening with Work-To-Rule, but it mostly focuses on Brownholtz's opinion and the impact that is has on students at the high school according to her.
             I think that this article sheds light on the issue in a successful manner for the most part. I definitely think that, although not intended, the article seems to have a bias. It makes Work-To-Rule seem like an awful thing and the only supporters that it mentions are the teachers. I think that having only Brownholtz and the petition as sources is not strong enough. I definetely think that both more and differing sources should have been used. A teacher absolutely should have been interviewed to have an oposing opinion to the strong arguement of the impact on students. I think that the title of the atricle is very appropriate to give the reader an idea of what the article will be about. I think that the article should have mentioned the struggle that the teachers are facing, not only the students.