The Immediate context of this piece of writing includes the background about himself. His grammies, when he began playing the cello, which was at five years old. The recognition he received at the Kennedy Center and where he graduated from school are also part of the immediate context. It also describes contributors to the same paper he was published on, and his advocation for STEAM. We learn that he is a pioneer of innovative thinking and the addition of arts to the stem core of education.

The imposed context would be what I feel or think while reading this essay and why I chose to read this essay. I began reading this essay because it was homework for english, but I soon became interested in what he had to say because of how I related to him. I as well played a musical instrument from a very young age, and this doing that did make me empathetic and well connected with the artistic side of my brain. I agree that stem should also include the arts, as they are a very important aspect to our culture and society. The problem I see with arts in society is that they do not make money that is seen as comfortable by society. Artists choose to go into art because the truly enjoy what they do. Many people who go into sciences do it because they are good at it and it can support a family comfortable.

the internal context refers to the why of the paper. Why does it matter that we incorporate arts into education? Ma says that incorporating arts into the core of of stem will cover both ends of the spectrum and perfect the “edge effect.” having members of society push both sides of the spectrum brings the world closer together and allows humans to better empathize with one another.