Better Cafeteria Food

Length: 2000 – 2500 words (4 – 5 pages) Double Spaced
Format: MLA including a Bibliography / Works Cited Page
Assignment: For this Research Paper you need to advocate a change in education that would be affect a school in positive ways. You will be arguing for something a school should do or continue to do in an attempt to provide an excellent education for its students. Below is a list of possible topics. You can design a project of your own as well:
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Music Education
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Better Cafeteria Food
Alternative Model, such as internship of work / travel credit

Choose a specific topic that deals with the theme of education, one on which there are at least two sides. Your job with this topic is to construct a reasonable argument concerning one side of the education issue, convincing the reader of your particular point of view, advocating a course of action or individual decision.
“When you construct a reasonable argument, your goal is not simply to win or to have the last word. Your aim is to explain your understanding of the truth about a subject or to propose the best solution to a problem—without being needlessly combative. In constructing your argument, you join a conversation with other writers and readers. Your aim is to convince readers to reconsider their positions by offering new reasons to question existing viewpoints” (Hacker, 77).
Requirements:
1. You will need to use and cite and least 3 sources in your essay. Two of these sources should come from the Southern Maine Community College Library Databases. These Databases include:
CQ researcher
Ebscohost
Proquest

2. You will need to complete a Works Cited page using correct Bibliographical formatting
3. You will need to submit a proposal highlighting your topic, thesis, sources, and Writing modes.
Resources:
1. The Library Website found at www.smccme.edu
2. Models For Writers
Research Paper Information page 625 – 639

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