Possible Question

Should teens in the U.S. adopt the British custom of taking a “gap year” between high school and college?

Remediation Reflection

This remediation assignment was a little challenging but overall an easier assignment than I would have thought. I had to take my research paper, and turn it into some sort of media. I chose to make my research paper into a power point with a voice offer. Some of my strengths during this remediation assignment were creating the actual power point. In my opinion, power points are more fun and more visual when you are presenting an idea. I liked putting images along with my words and also making the power point bright and vibrant so that it would draw more attention to the topic I was speaking on. Some challenges for me while creating this power point was the voice over. I did not want to seem as if I was rambling on and on, but I also wanted to speak on as much information that I could. I also wanted my voice over to sound natural and non-rehearsed. I took each paragraph from my research paper and summarized them into terms that were easy to understand, and would not bore the viewer of my assignment. In the end, it made my voice over sound a lot more natural than just reading something word for word. I liked the remediation assignment because we do not use a whole lot of media projects when it comes to English courses. Writing numerous papers all semester starts to become tedious and it is refreshing to do an assignment that is a little different. 

Remediation

For the remediation assignment, I am taking my already written research paper and transforming it into another format. My research paper is about how I feel as if budget cuts towards Planned Parenthood would not be a smart idea for our government and society. To best portray my point in another format, I feel as if an advertisement would work best. On my advertisement I could make point out facts as to why the government shouldn't cut this funding. It will almost be like propaganda in a way because I will be trying to catch the attention of every day people.

Research Paper Outline

Brooke Reynolds
3 March 2015

                                                    Is funding for birth control necessary and effective?
1. Introduction
- Cuts are being made when it comes to funding places like Planned Parenthood and other clinics that offer free birth control. Are these clinics effective in preventing a rising number in teenage pregnancies, or should these funds continue being cut?

2. Statistics and Facts about teenage pregnancy in the United States.
- Are there rising numbers over the last decade?
- Do teenage pregnancies cost the government money and funding when it comes to welfare or other government assisting programs?

3. Presenting one side: Continue to cut funding

4. Presenting the opposing side of how government funding is needed to lower the amount of teenage pregnancies in the United States.

5. Argue one against the other.
- Government assisting and funding prevented X amount of pregnancies and also provides birth control to X amount of people.
-Talk about how its a very conterversial topic because it ties in with abortion and other big topics in our society, which is why there is a very divided opinion on this topic.

6.  I feel as if planned parenthood and other programs like this one have helped a lot of teenagers that didnt have assistance for recieving birth control. Taking this funding away would be very upsetting for some ommunities.