In the following exercise, Ballenger outlines directions on how to start a research paper and I have used hie templates and advice to create my own introductions. Each introduction (3) will be appeal to a different audience. I will type up 3 possible introductions, figure out which one I like the best and which audience is the most appropriate for my paper and then I will be asking myself a few questions like, "what is the paper about?" and "What is the central focus of the paper?" These questions will be answered in my head and then I select and perhaps modify the best opening that I wrote.
1.) First Audience: Executive of a large Company in the Suburbs: In almost every Foster Care Agency that there is, one can visit and hear the news of a success story from a social worker and how a child found a home and is living in harmony with the family that adopted them. These stories are true and wonderful when they become reality for a foster child. However, not all situations in foster care come out successful. In fact, the ones that you are not privy to are the ones that need the most attention. Foster care is a beneficial program that finds suitable homes for children who are either orphaned, have unsuitable parents by state standards, or have no relatives that are willing to take them in if their parents are out of the picture or struggle with addiction,etc. These are the kids who need the help of the foster care agencies in their area and the help of ordinary community people to help them get back on their feet. When kids age out of the program at age 18, they have no where to turn accept for gangs or jobs like drug dealing because there are not many options for a child who was in and out of homes throughout their life and may even have a criminal record due to how they reacted in certain home situations. These kids need an outreach and a way to move up in life. Providing odd jobs in janitor positions, gas station workers, maintenance jobs can get them out of the streets and into an established job and source of income. These are kids who need a job, don't require training or high pay. They just need a way to survive in society and a job provides the first stepping stone to a comfortable life.
2.) Second Audience: Local Church Family: Throughout this community, there are people who need to be reached by Christ's love. There are thousands of children who are looking for a home, getting too old to find a home and being separated from their siblings who deserve the same love that we get through Christ. All these children need, is a way to find hope and joy in a situation and the news of Christ can open up that door for them. There are teenagers who are aging out of the foster care program that face a future of potential gang affiliation, drug dealing and homelessness if they are not looked after and provided for. As a church, you can start a program or fund that helps 18 year old teenagers that aged out of foster care to find a job, find a home and find resources that will benefit them in the long run. You could offer cooking classes and financing classes that are free to these kids so that they know what to do next in the new life that they have. There is also an opportunity to start and after school program for kids in foster care so that they can meet up with their biological siblings and learn about God at the same time. This is a great way to interact with the children in this community who are not involved in anything fun to get involved in fun activities.
3.) Third Audience: High School Youth Group: As high school students, it can be so easy to focus on yourself and preparing for future education or a job that you are interested on after high school. However, some high school students are not able to even think about that because their main concerns involve finding a home, a place to find food and not being kicked out of a gang. There are also younger kids who have been to so many different foster homes that they no longer want a family because they feel like they are inadequate or are not lovable. This is a common thought process of a kid in foster care in their younger years and that eventually grown once they reach their teens. These children need a haven. They deserve a place where they can find love, friends, acceptance, and help. As a youth group, you could start an after school program for these kids that provides tutoring service that are free, a snack, games and a time to get to know other kids in the system as well as a local church that they could hook into. There are endless opportunities for these kids if they are provided with the right resources. You can be that resource.These kids need help and support. What better way to provide them with it, than by you offering it to them?
The opening that I liked the best was my first one because I want to focus my paper on an audience of business people that might be willing to make a difference in the lives of troubled teens who deserve a chance. For my actual essay, I may tweak my opening so that it incorporates my thesis statement more, but this exercise provided me with a great place to start with my essay.
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