-Compose an essay, 3-5 pages in length (not including your Works Cited page), which presents an argument about a significant educational barrier you have faced and ways to overcome barriers or a significant educational barrier than needs to be overcome and how to approach it.

Your essay needs to include two of the following resources we covered for this unit:

• Duckworth, Angela Lee. “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance.” TED, 9 May 2013.
• Dweck, Carol S. “Brainology.” NAIS, 2008.

-Please include the thesis (Attached)

More Specifically:

• Your essay should begin with an introductory paragraph in which you discuss the idea of educational barriers/how entering college can be seen as crossing a border. This paragraph should end with a thesis that makes a claim about a barrier you have faced and an argument about how that barrier can be
• Your essay should end with a concluding paragraph that restates your ideas and has a final thought
• Your essay should include a minimum of four body paragraphs:
  • one focusing on describing the barrier
    • when describing this barrier mark sure to use details and specifics that are clear and concrete.
  • one arguing about ways to overcome it
  • one on the overall benefits of education
  • one analyzing one problem you see with the educational system you have had experience with or the current education system, and a proposed solution to that problem
  • PIE paragraph structure.
  • Within your second, third, and/or fourth paragraphs, you should use a minimum of two of the sources we have worked with in class (the articles or the videos). Remember to use quotes or paraphrase from your chosen sources as the Information part of PIE.
  • Each source should be introduced to your audience through the use of an academic summary either in the introduction of your essay or in the first body paragraph you plan to use the source.