I will show my readers that STEM careers are only on the rise in this country, and by improving our education in these fields, we can better prepare kids for a career in the related fields. I can do this by showing them statistics data from my research that shows exactly this. My final sentence would be "With the rise of STEM careers in this country today, it is absolutely necessary for Fairfax County to improve and expand upon it's academy program in order to better prepare their students for a better and brighter future." I would build up to this by showing them examples on how STEM careers are rising, in demand and pay better than other careers in the country. I can do this by showing them research data from my sources and showing them that a more educated workforce can lead to a greater country overall.
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My recommendation is fairly simple, more resources and attention being paid to the academy program at Fairfax County schools, more STEM education is today's world is always a good thing. Especially with the expected rise of STEM careers in the near future. Fairfax County needs to adequately prepare the kids for a successful future. I can draw from my review by showing the audience that the expected rise of STEM related careers in the country. I feel that appeals the both logos and pathos would be most useful for me. it's only logical that in a modern world, more education in the fields that are most in demand would make the most sense. It also makes sense that an appeal to pathos would help. I think that people would be very emotionally invested in the success of their schools, business and even kids in their future. If they can see that they would have a more successful future with more education they would be well convinced of my overall point.
I feel that I need to use my literature review to give the data from my research to my audience, and then give that data context by explaining why it's important to improve STEM education in Fairfax County. If my audience can see that the US is starting to fall behind in STEM education, it would greatly help them be convinced on my central point. I believe that if my audience sees the data, they will be convinced of my point. I think that I would need to clearly explain the need for STEM education, the lack of it in the US in general, and the expected expansion of STEM careers in the US in the coming years.
I want to be able to convey a real sense of importance in my project, I want to be able to convince my audience that improving the academy program at Fairfax Academy would bring many benefits by teaching more kids in STEM education. I feel that I would need to properly explain that more education in STEM would bring a larger educated workforce to the area, only improving the area, more education is never a bad thing. Especially with the arrival on the new Amazon headquarters to the northern Virginia area, they are going to need a large force of educated workers in various fields in order to be successful.
After looking at different sources, my opinion of texts has indeed changed. I have now seen that many forms, especially the more research based ones, can include many multi modal elements. Such as pictures, graphs, videos and even just regular pictures can accent a piece nicely and draw the reader in. The piecemeal approach to this class has really explained the process of writing clearly and very methodical. I can now use this to break up a large project into more manageable chunks in order to lessen my anxiety in looking at a large project. Making it seem smaller and much more manageable.
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Fayer, Stella, et al. “Nearly 8.6 Million STEM Jobs in 2015.” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1 Jan. 2017, www.bls.gov/spotlight/2017/science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics-stem-occupations-past-present-and-future/home.htm. This source is written and published by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Generally speaking the federal government can be trusted on statistics. This source goes though job openings related to the STEM field, predicted openings through 2024, education requirements for STEM careers and general information related to the growth of STEM careers in the country. It also explains that, on average, STEM careers had higher than national average salaries. I think this is an important source for me to use in my project. It explains the need for more STEM trained individuals, as well as a higher standard of education required for the field. And this combined with the fact that Amazon is going to set up operations in the area, the thousands of jobs needed at Amazon itself, and in the surrounding area explains the need to further improve and expand upon the already established program at Fairfax County Public Schools for this kind of education. The strategies used in this source are almost exclusively graphs. Using a lot of statistics and graphs, the authors convey a real sense of expansion in the STEM field. This source is mostly condensing a lot of research into the topic of STEM growth in the US into a single neat presentation type project. This source will be used in conjunction with a couple other ones to explain the need for a further expanded STEM teaching program at Fairfax County Schools. This source is excellent, it explains everything that I need to convince anyone that further resources are needed in the academy at Fairfax County. I believe that texts are almost always going to be situated in some manner or another. Whether is be a novel written for entertainment or some scientific journal written to discuss and explore a certain topic. There is always going to be a reason someone has written something and it will always be situated to perform a certain task. I don't think this has really changed my thoughts about texts too much. I believe thinking about situating sources like this has really just given a name to something most people understand already, thinking about why a particular source, or text, was written in the first place. I think that understanding this topic will in fact help me in composing my writing projects. Now that I can further understand what situating a source is, it will help me to write a little clearer in order to give my audience a better understanding of my viewpoints in any particular topic.
To begin my research the sources that make the most sense are secondary online articles about Amazon moving to northern Virginia. My first source: https://www.cnet.com/news/after-fleeing-new-york-amazon-finds-warmer-welcome-for-other-hq2/. The purpose of this article is to inform the reader that Amazon has changed plans and is now only going to build a headquarters in Virginia. It achieves this goal by informing the viewer through other linked articles that Amazon had quit it plans to have a new headquarters in New York and it only moving forward with the Virginia headquarters from now on. This source is useful for my project by establishing the fact that Amazon is now only building in Virginia, bringing 50,000 jobs instead of the former 25,000.
Some secondary sources for my project could be ones I have used already in WP#1, online articles about Amazon moving to the area. I learned job creation numbers, overall construction plans and the fact they plan to hire 400 people by the end of 2019. Collecting the secondary sources is pretty simple. Simply looking up news online for Amazon. There's always a lot written about the company, especially when they plan a big move like building a new headquarters. Different peoples opinions about the company would always provide useful information and perspectives on the topic.
The most useful sources for my project will most likely be official documents from Amazon and government budget documents. Although interviews and other sources would be helpful, they would likely be difficult to acquire. The process for finding these sources is fairly simple, most local government documents can simply be searched for and accessed online. The sources from Amazon are fairly simple too, once they're officially released and available to the public. The sources would be useful for me because they give the general budget fir the Fairfax County Public Schools and the differences each year between them. How they increase or decrease and what taxes are raised or lowered to compensate.
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