Robot Babies

1. The main idea of the text is that it talks about how a program in schools around the world
helps students realize how hard it is to have and take care of a baby during the teenage years and
how this program helps lower teen pregnancy.

2. I can make the connection that this helps a bit better than teaching kids about safe sex because
this helps see how their life can turn to be if not careful.

3. The author purpose is to help inform people about this program to help lower the teenage
pregnancy rate. And his statistics that he puts made me come to this conclusion.

4. The audience is towards teenagers because it is mostly teenagers in this program that are
aimed at to prevent teenage pregnancy.

5. The most relevant details that he uses to argue his position is his research and statistics.

6. The most prevalent in this writing is pathos and logos.

a. “In a study of more than 1,400 student participants in one region of Colombia, the
program reduced the teen pregnancy rate by 40 percent.” (Brindley).
“The baby woke me up at 10, 12, four in the morning.” Classes start early here in the
rural plains of northeastern Colombia. Standing in the dark kitchen of his home, Jefrin drags a
hand down his tired face between sips of hot chocolate.” (Brindley).
“Jefrin has taken care of the baby for the past 48 hours, and the typically outgoing and
buoyant teen is clearly exhausted.” (Brindley).
b. The author doesn't really practice their credibility.

7. The possible theme for this text is that the robots babies can help students think twice and
lower teenage pregnancies.
a. “In a study of more than 1,400 student participants in one region of Colombia, the
program reduced the teen pregnancy rate by 40 percent.” (Brindley).
Alexandra says, “I really want to be an actress,” is determined to delay motherhood. “I
don’t want to have a baby now. I’m not capable of taking care of it,” she says. “Maybe when I’m
25 or 26 and I finish studying.” (Brindley).

8. It helped me understand how stressful it is to have a baby as a teenager because of the sayings
of the students in the article

9. I wouldn't change anything in this text.

10.
 Some schools around the world have adopted this robotic baby program to help lower
teenage pregnancy and it is working. This program is helping because the program has helped
lower teenage pregnancy in a region of Colombia. Brindley in his article states, “In a study of
more than 1,400 student participants in one region of Colombia, the program reduced the teen
pregnancy rate by 40 percent.” This proves that the program has been proven effective in the
region of Colombia with a good percentage drain. The program of having robotic babies that has
been adapted to a school in colombia has proved to actually help lower teen pregnancy.