What does the education system currently look like? In a 5-7 page argumentative essay, include a brief history of the problems and challenges with your topic.

Assignment Question

Based on Rebekah Taussig’s explanation in Sitting Pretty, write an argumentative essay exploring one theme of the memoir. The theme we are doing is education (should everyone be given equal access to education? What does the education system currently look like? In a 5-7 page argumentative essay, include a brief history of the problems and challenges with your topic. Consider the options of what you and others can and need to do in order to more fully understand one another and benefit from your individual and combined strengths and differences. Include two or three actions you could take to further this collective understanding. Incorporate five to seven academic sources, including peer reviewed journals, articles, magazines, and books. Make an argument about your topic. This argument must be clearly stated in a strong thesis statement. All body paragraphs must be focused and organized, clearly relating back to your thesis. A good thesis statement will answer your guiding research question. Research sources appropriate to your topic, and effectively use those sources as evidence to support and prove your thesis. Although you may use articles and books we have read in class, you must conduct YOUR OWN RESEARCH and use at least SIX outside sources. We will discuss research methods and ways to incorporate sources into your writing. Your sources must be reputable and reliable. You must have at least: Sitting Pretty book by Rebekah Taussig Two peer-reviewed articles (2010 or later) from a scholarly journal (CSUB LIBRARY,Links to an external site. JSTORLinks to an external site.. EBSCOHOST,Links to an external site. ONESEARCH, Google ScholarLinks to an external site.) Two articles from a popular source (e.g. Time Magazine, Washington Post, Scientific American, Times, Forbes, Google news, credible website, etc. Another source of your choice (1109 podcast, blog, Youtube video, TikTok, interviews) You may use sources given to you in class, such as the GWAR article, but these sources will not count as one of your seven required sources, though they must appear on your reference page if used. Do NOT use dictionaries, general encyclopedias, thesis papers, book reviews, and Wikipedia or other wikis as sources in your paper. However, you may look at Wikipedia for inspiration! Your research paper must be a full 5-7 pages, typed, double spaced, in 12 point, Times New Roman font. Follow MLA format for EVERYTHING (works cited, in text citations, paper format).