Second Article for MWP3

In their article, “Access to Health and Health Care: How Race and Ethnicity Matter,” authors Lynne D. Richardson and Marlaina Norris assert that there are many factors that contribute to the differences in health for race and ethnicity. The authors develop and support this assertion by describing the many factors that contribute to the variances such as differences in social resources as well as offer solutions for improvement. Their purpose is to explain and describe why these differences in health care are a problem and what can be done to improve the quality of life for different races and people of minority ethnicities. Their audience is the racial minority groups that are being affected by the differences in health care as well as health care providers and lawmakers, and this can be understood through subject matter.

First precies for MWP3

In their article, “Barriers to health care and health-seeking behaviors faced by

Black men” authors Cessaly T. Cheatham, Debra J. Barksdale, and Shielda G. Rodgers claim that there are certain barriers to health care for African American males. The authors develop and support this claim by breaking down the causes for poor health care such as socioeconomic status, racism and mistrust of the medical establishment, and lack of awareness of the need for care. Their purpose is to describe the health care barriers as well as suggest ways for improvements in the health care in order to inform the readers of this growing and crucial problem and inspire some to take action. Their audience is African American males as well as the general American public concerned with health care issues.

Brainstorming for MWP3: 15 possible topics

1.      Women have a more difficult time getting into advanced medical educational jobs than men.

2.      Native Americans get lower health care benefits than other Americans.

3.      Individuals of Middle Eastern descent have a more difficult time finding work in the health care profession than other nationalities.

4.      Poor people have lower and bad health care if any at all in comparison with affluent people. (quality of life as the larger picture)

5.      African Americans have a more difficult time finding work in the health care profession.

6.      Patients treat workers of (Native American, African American, or Middle Eastern descent) as not as credible and trustworthy as other nationalities.

7.      Medical Professionals do not provide as good of care to (those of Native American, African American, or Middle Eastern descent).

8.      Those of Caucasian nationalities are allowed the better positions in the medical work place and provided with the better job opportunities.

9.      The elderly are not considered to have any ethos nor are respected as much in the eyes of the medical professionals.

10.  African Americans have lower health care benefits than other nationalities do.

11.  Those form affluent backgrounds are more likely to be accepted into the medical community.

12.  Nurses and doctors respect and respond more positively to individuals of affluent Caucasian backgrounds.

13.  Patients who are of Spanish descent are treated with less respect in the medical community.

14.  Individuals of Spanish descent are less likely to get a job in the medical community.

Women doctors and male nurses are treated with less respect than those playing the accepted gender roles.

Outline for MWP2

Introduction: America today is facing one of the deepest economic downturns since the great depression of the nineteen thirties. Many individuals have proposed a plethora of solutions, but many sociologists agree that the best long term solution to this problem is that we as a nation improve education in this country. One way of improving education is to provide students with very high quality teachers. Again, there are many propositions as to how to improve teacher quality, and one of the best ways to do that is to increase the salary of a teacher and hence the prestige of the job. Though high quality teachers are the solution, not individuals who would be good teachers and spend the time and money training for this career are not willing to become teachers because of the low beginning salaries and low salaries in general. Teaches do not have high enough salaries for the work they do which leads to other problems like poor quality teachers, and hence poor education in America’s school system, so the people of America should promote laws and encourage congress to pass bills that would increase teacher salary.

Definitions:

Problem, Solution, Teacher Satisfaction, High Quality Teachers, Teacher Salary, Policies, Prestige, Education in America,

Review of Literature:

1.      “Policies Should Reflect The Importance of Teaching,” author Michelle A. Rhee asserts that policies and practices in America should reflect how important teachers are.

2.      “Teacher Quality: What’s Wrong with U.S. Strategy?” author Marc Tucker claims that America does not have a good strategy for producing high quality teachers.

3.      “Teacher Attrition: A Critical American and International Education Issue,” author Marianne K. Dove claims that poor compensation for teachers is the single biggest cause for poor quality of teachers.

4.      “The Social Position of School Teachers: Expectations and Realities,” author F.G. Ziiatdinova discusses the low prestige of teaching in Russia.

5.      “Why Do They Stay? Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of Job Satisfaction and Retention,” authors Beverly A. Perrachione, Vicki J. Rosser, and George J. Petersen discuss the intrinsic and extrinsic variables that influence a teachers job satisfaction.

Personal Argument:

Clearly state the problem

            Teaches in America do not get paid a high enough salary

Describe why there is this problem

People do not consider the job prestigious, and people are not willing to pay higher taxes in order raise the salaries of teachers ($4 more than Wal-Mart) good hardworking individuals go where the money is (ex: the business school here)  

Describe what can be done to solve this problem

            People could encourage the government to pass bills that would increase teacher salary  

Conclusion: The future of our nation is at stake. We as the people of this great nation are severely lagging behind in the way of education. By increasing the quality of teachers in schools students will be able to obtain a better education, and one of the best and most reasonable ways to get higher performing teachers into the school system is to increase the teachers beginning and overall salary. Teacher a crucial and important members of our society, and only by the America public speaking up and voicing the need to enact policies that will increase the salaries will the problem be solved.

                                                    

Introduction for MWP2

America today is facing one of the deepest economic downturns since the great depression of the nineteen thirties. Many individuals have proposed a plethora of solutions, but many sociologists agree that the best long term solution to this problem is that we as a nation improve education in this country. One way of improving education is to provide students with very high quality teachers. Again, there are many propositions as to how to improve teacher quality, and one of the best ways to do that is to increase the salary of a teacher and hence the prestige of the job. Though high quality teachers are the solution, not individuals who would be good teachers and spend the time and money training for this career are not willing to become teachers because of the low beginning salaries and low salaries in general. Teaches do not have high enough salaries for the work they do which leads to other problems like poor quality teachers, and hence poor education in America’s school system, so the people of America should promote laws and encourage congress to pass bills that would increase teacher salary.

MWP2 700 word rough draft

America today is facing one of the deepest economic downturns since the great depression of the nineteen thirties. Many individuals have proposed a plethora of solutions, but many sociologists agree that the best long term solution to this problem is that we improve education in this country. One way of improving education is to provide students with very high quality teachers. Though high quality teachers are the solution not many well trained individuals are not willing to become teachers because of the low beginning salaries and low salaries in general. Teaches do not have high enough salaries for the work they do which leads to other problems like poor quality teachers, and hence poor education in America’s public school system, so the people of America should promote laws and encourage congress to pass bills that would increase teacher salary.

            The problem will be defined as the low salaries teachers in America receive. The solution will be defined as increasing teacher salaries and doing this through the promotion of policies that promote those increases. In this paper high teacher quality will be defined as a teacher who is well trained and competent in their job, and provide their students with a good education. Teacher salary will be defined as the amount of money a teacher makes in the beginning of their career, and throughout that career. Policies will be defined as laws and bills that will raise the beginning and overall salaries of teachers. Prestige will be defined as respect and admiration and considered level of achievement of quality.

                      Good teaching is crucial to the success of our nation. If children can have a firm base and a good education they will be able to be more productive higher contributors to our society. According to Michelle A. Rhee in her article, “Policies Should Reflect The Importance of Teaching” she describes a study conducted by Harvard that found students go further in life and have a higher quality of life if their teachers were high performing. In his article, “Teacher Quality: What’s Wrong with U.S. Strategy?” author Marc Tucker describes how other nations are achieving greater education standards, what they are doing, and what the US should be doing for education. For example he says, “One key to Singapore’s success in attracting high-achieving high school graduates into teaching, he said, is making sure that compensation is not an issue when these graduates select a career. To do that, the Singapore government sets beginning teachers’ compensation at a level comparable to that of the other leading professions. In Japan, salaries for beginning teachers are about equal to those of beginning engineers.” If American teachers were paid as much as engineers the US would have a great amount of high quality teachers. In the article, “The Social Position of Schoolteachers Expectations and Realities” by F.G. Ziiatdinova the problems with the Russian education system are discussed. America holds a lot of the same values of prestige of the teaching profession that Russia does.

            This problem in education has the power to greatly impact the entire nation. In the short run poor teacher compensation effects teachers directly, and like a pebble that is thrown into a pond and created a ripple effect, student are effected, and eventually our entire nation. It is The cause of the problem is that teaching is not viewed as a prestigious job and the governments is not willing to increases taxes in order to increase teacher salary, nor are the people willing to pay higher taxes for an increase in teacher salary. People today are beginning to see the correlation between importance of teachers, quality of teachers, and prestige of the job in a monetary way. There is a phrase that states it is easier said than done, Americans need to step up to the plate, understand the importance of education, and be willing to pay higher taxes for higher salaries for teachers. As a nation we also need to write letters congress, and make the government pass the laws that will increase the teacher salaries.

            The future of our nation is at stake. We as the people of this great nation are severely lagging behind in the way of education. By increasing the quality of teachers in schools students will be able to obtain a better education, and one of the best and most reasonable ways to get higher performing teachers into the school system is to increase the teachers beginning and overall salary. Teacher a crucial and important members of our society, and only by the America public speaking up and voicing the need to enact policies that will increase the salaries will the problem be solved.        

Next 3 Precies for MWP2

In the article, “Teacher Attrition: A Critical American and International Education Issue,” author Marianne K. Dove claims that poor compensation for teachers is the single biggest cause for poor quality of teachers. She develops and supports this claim by discussing why teachers leave the profession, their salary, the quality of teacher preparation, working conditions and the costs of attrition. She describes the needs for better teacher compensation in order to show the need for quality of teachers in America. The intended audience is the general public and citizens of America.


 In the article, “The Social Position of School Teachers: Expectations and Realities,” author F.G. Ziiatdinova discusses the low prestige of teaching in Russia. The author develops and supports this claim by providing many facts and statistics that show that people do not care for nor respect the work of teachers. The author examines the problems with the poor recognition of teachers in order to show the world that teachers are a vital and crucial part of society, and necessary to its survival for the better education of students. The intended audience is the citizens of Russia, and also the American citizens because America holds their teachers with the same amount of respect.


In the article, “Why Do They Stay? Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of Job Satisfaction and Retention,” authors Beverly A. Perrachione, Vicki J. Rosser, and George J. Petersen discuss the intrinsic and extrinsic variables that influence a teachers job satisfaction. The authors develop and support this claim by revealing the results of a study they conducted on job satisfaction. They explain the strong dislike for the profession in order to inform the reader of the conditions teachers work under, and promote better conditions for the teachers.