Why might Bauerlein have begun his blog posting with a personal anecdote rather than with the claim that he makes in the opening line of paragraph 2? Would the posting have been more or less effective...

Why might Bauerlein have begun his blog posting with a personal anecdote rather than with the claim that he makes in the opening line of paragraph 2? Would the posting have been more or less effective if he had begun by clearly stating his position rather than by telling a story? Why might this anecdote be especially effective given his intended audience? (See Chapter 4 on the value of testimonies and narratives.)