Sorry I'm not Ivy League

          I think it was between December and February last year when college applications started rolling in and decision were being made. Who would go to what school? How did she get into that school? He only went to that school cause of his girlfriend? As high school seniors we tended to judge our friends on what school they were going to. 

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         A fair number of us went to Pitt and a decent amount ended up in Happy Valley. Then there were those kids who went to HACC (Harrisburg Area Community College). This may sound weird, but their credibility after choosing HACC went down a little. It is because we associate community college with a lesser intellect. Maybe they went there because they wanted to work too, or to be close t their family. How knows. The opposite was true as well. One of the kids in my class went to Harvard and his status was automatically elevated, suddenly he was so much smarter then us. He is a smart kid, but it is the perception that Harvard is a smart person school that changed everyone’s mindset.

        The education level is only one of the factors when establishing if someone is credible or not. Also factored-in is age, experience, believability and many others. Establishing creditability is especially important when delivering a speech. In speeches this is called ethos.

Ethos is one of the three main aspects of effective speech giving. Ethos focuses on the credibility of the speaker and how the audience perceives him/her. The more credible a person is and the more they prove that credibility to their audience the more ethos they develop. People are more likely to listen and be persuaded by a credible speaker.