In Krista Ramsey's column "Our kids tell the story of why preschool is a must", Ramsey takes a look at the benefits preschool offers for our three and four year old's from the viewpoint of five-year old Ashlyn Bankes. The story can be found here if you would like to read it.
In my opinion, one of the best written lines from this column is: "Yet policymakers and think-tankers will focus on just one point in the above paragraph: that Ashlyn Bankes hit the numbers." The diction in this sentence is casual, making it seem conversational and inviting. The addition of the colon shows a thoughtfulness in the syntax, as well as the stylistic choice to italicize the phrase "hit the numbers".
Ramsey's writing style could be best described as casual. She uses phrases such as "Throwback as it seems", "The amazing thing is", "So far", "Whatever the factors", and "Somehow".
Three questions that I have for Krista Ramsey are:
1.) What kind of education did you have in order to become a columnist?
2.) When did you decide that you wanted to be a columnist and why?
3.) How do you come up with inspiration for your columns?
