{"id":13147,"date":"2024-02-25T07:18:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T07:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/proposing-a-solution-to-information-and-media-illiteracy-among-american-high-school-students\/"},"modified":"2024-02-25T07:18:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T07:18:58","slug":"proposing-a-solution-to-information-and-media-illiteracy-among-american-high-school-students","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/proposing-a-solution-to-information-and-media-illiteracy-among-american-high-school-students\/","title":{"rendered":"proposing a solution to information and media illiteracy among American high school students."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">now in Essay #4 you are proposing a solution to information and media<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">il<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">literacy among American high school students. That solution does not have to be limited to the problem you described in Essay #3; in fact, any proposal would be an easier sell if it addressed the problem of such illiteracy as a whole rather than one specific aspect of it.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Final Essay (Essay #4). This one will be a bit different from the first three essays. It will be<br \/>\nlonger, will require sources, and it will not be preceeded by a draft. I will provide feedback, it will<br \/>\nbe on an outline only, not on a first draft. This final essay will be built around the argument \/<br \/>\ncounter-argument \/ rebuttal structure. Its arguments and rebuttals are to be backed up with multiple<br \/>\nPage 10 of 26<br \/>\nsources you will have read during the term (See the section on Articles above)<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 13.3333px; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 13.3333px; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Essay #4, y<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 13.3333px; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ou will b<em style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">e<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">proposing a solution<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>to such a problem. The problem can be the same one you are analyzing in Essay #3, or it can be a different one. That choice is up to you, but<span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">focus<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>will be this: What can be done to address that problem<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">among American high school students<\/em>?<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">scope<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/span>is also up to you: It may be a problem at the state level, the local level, or even<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">very<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em>local, i.e., at a specific school (but not an individual teacher. Why not? Because individual teachers do not set school policy nor do they have authority over what is taught by other teachers). Nor will it be addressed to someone at the national level (because no single entity&#8211;not even the U.S. Department of Education&#8211;has authority over the educational content across multiple states).<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A clarification: Completely &#8220;solving&#8221; a problem in education is rare, so it is enough to<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">improve the situation in some significant way<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">To ensure you have a viable proposal worthy of developing into an outline, get one or more proposals approved by me before moving ahead.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">It would be a shame to write a good paper on an unrealistic proposal or to write a paper to the wrong audience.<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Here I will reiterate that your audience is someone&#8211;or some group of individuals&#8211;with the authority to approve the proposal.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Note: Students do not decide<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">what<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em>is taught, so they are<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">not&nbsp;<\/em>the decision-makers for this essay.<\/span><\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">So, your assignment is to send me, via Course Mail, three or more proposals. For<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">each<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>proposal, provide me with these 4 things:<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">specific<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em>problem or current situation<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the identity of the specific target audience&#8211;by both the person&#8217;s name and title&#8211;who has the authority to approve your proposal<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">your proposal<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the desired outcome<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">All three proposals can be on the same info\/media illiteracy problem\/situation, or they can be three different ones. That decision is up to you.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Because I will likely shoot down a good number of proposals, there will likely be some back and forth during the week. So, after you send me a batch of proposals check for my reply within a day. The goal here is to have at least one proposal approved so you are ready to move on the outline assignment.&nbsp;<em style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>now in Essay #4 you are proposing a solution to information and media&nbsp;illiteracy among American high school students. 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