Maternity leave for working mothers is an issue that is big in the U.S. It’s embarrassing that we don’t give working women days or weeks off when they have kids. And not only that, some of their co-workers even embarrass them at work. It’s sad that some people don’t understand working mothers and how hard they work to try and balance taking care of their child and getting work done. After giving birth, millions of working women go straight back to work too horrifically soon as stated by Jessica Shortall’s speech from Ted Talks. Many working mother’s write to her telling her there stories at work after weeks of giving birth. Most of the stories were all horrifying and sad. All of which are from total strangers who wrote to Shortall. Women make about 47% of the workforce and are the breadwinners in 40% of households in the U.S. , we are also a huge part of the economy from our paid work. Shortall also goes on to say that it’s not women’s fault for wanting to have kids and that women should bare the consequences? It’s not solely women’s fault that they want kids. About 88% of working mothers don’t get a minute of paid leave, FMLA a program to help working mothers most of the time doesn’t work because most don’t qualify for it. The U.S. and a few other countries like Papua New Guinea are the countries with no paid leaves for working mothers. John Oliver stated that 183 countries have done more for working mothers on maternity leave. Shortall also goes on to say that we need to work and have babies because most working women are choosing not to have children. The birth rate in America is 2.1 live births but now its 1.86. We need babies for our future and the future jobs, economy, and etc. One of my connections to this is that one of my managers at my workplace is on maternity leave. I personally think that this is a huge problem that a great country like the U.S. has not found a solution for this issue. It’s surprising to know the statistics of how the U.S. and other countries compare. The material used in class was to help us analyze rhetorically on the author’s reason for writing, purpose, the audience, topic, and issue. Will I use this in other classes now and in the future? Well yes, because it gives guidance to how I should write to my audience, purpose, and etc. As for now I still need to learn how to use it to write, I hope that I’ll have more knowledge in how to use this to write in my essays and posts on social media. My a-ha moment was when I was studying with my friends trying to catch up on homework as, I kept reading an article in my mind I didn’t understand what the article was saying on the website. After I struggled for a while, then I was like a-ha I should use rhetorical analysis to break down the article and got my homework done. It help me understand the article so much better.