I had two very different experiences reading these letters. The one commonality I want to draw is that they have very similar formatting. Both of these writers utilize paragraph separation with bold lettering to draw their audience to a specific point, which they further explain in the paragraph.
Rush is very direct with her audience, not necessarily the person–Dr. X–whom she address in the letter. She gives a bullet list of things necessary for the perfect endocrinologist. I can understand the severe pain and struggling that Rush explains in her letter. As anyone can attest, being ignored–or discredited–can be the worst feeling in the world, especially when one goes to somebody for help. However, I don’t really understand how this is an open letter. It seems more like a blog post with a short shout-out directly to Dr. X in the last paragraph.
The other letter, “There Is No Moving On, Only Moving Forward,” has a much more serious and caring tone. Something that I notice from the first paragraph is Roig-Debellis’s use of colloquial language. This raw language indicates that the letter is directly for Ms. Falkowski, not necessarily for the audience that will read it in a later time. It feels almost too observant to read this letter, in all honesty. I feel that I shouldn’t have the right to witness this exchange among teachers that have faced what no human being would ever want to face in any environment–let alone an environment intended to train the future generations of our country and our world.
