A rhetorical analysis is an analysis of a medium to determine how well the medium was written, taking into account things such as evidence and the effectiveness of the main points provided. My goal for my rhetorical analysis was to efficaciously analyze the article “When Did the U.S. Stop Seeing Teachers As Professionals?” written by Robert Bruno,  and determine if the article was effective in its message while providing evidence for my stance. In writing a rhetorical analysis, I learned that it is much harder to write one than I initially thought. A rhetorical analysis is different from other papers in that writers must not give their opinion on what they are analyzing; they must focus solely on analysis and not whether they agree or disagree with the medium. I also learned that the process of analyzing as a whole is more important than I thought. Before writing my rhetorical analysis, I had only written papers meant to be argumentative, persuasive, informative, etc. Because of that, I did not realize how important analysis was. However, after writing my rhetorical analysis, I have now learned that the critical thinking and analyzing of someone else’s work can help improve one’s own work by focusing and improving upon on things that might not have been apparent before.