What are the hidden complexities people may have missed or overlooked when considering this aspect?Why did you select this aspect? Why is it important?

Change Essay Points Possible: 100
For this essay, you will explore the idea of changing some part of the American culture. What if you could somehow magically change one thing, but only one thing, what would it be and why? Universal Health care Explore and explain the following:
✓ Why did you select this aspect? Why is it important?
✓ Why hasn’t this aspect been changed in society already?
✓ What are the hidden complexities people may have missed or overlooked when considering this aspect?
✓ Consider the impacts, both good and bad, changing this would have for you, society, and the definition of “American.”
Please note: there is no right or wrong answer – you will not be graded on what you think, but rather how you support your ideas and explore this discussion.
You are crafting this essay for an academic audience, as such, try to avoid treating your audience simplistically by defining common terms or explaining simple issues. For example, do not explain what racism is, if that is what you wish to change; instead, explain the ramifications of it, explain how it impacts our culture, how it has become a cultural norm. Do not use Webster’s definition and leave it at that.
Dig deep with this discussion, we are looking for clear, critical thought – not easy answers.
If you have any questions, let’s discuss them!
Details:
✓ This paper should be four (4) to five (5) pages long
 A half page does not count as a full page, therefore 3 ½ pages will not receive full credit
✓ Do not use first person
✓ Format in APA, MLA, or Chicago
✓ Include five academic sources that are properly integrated AND cited.
 In other words, do not simply list the references at the end – use them to support your ideas
 You may use our text as a reference if you find an article therein useful to your discussion

Grading:
Does it meet the assignment requirements?
✓ Are there at least 4 full pages of content (4)
o This excludes all doc style extras (cover pages/reference pages do not count towards the page minimum)
✓ Did you use five scholarly/academic sources? (5)
✓ Did you include at least one image? (1)
Competency and Development of Ideas
✓ Do you clearly discuss an aspect of American Culture you would change with significant depth, detail, and evidence of critical thought? (15)
✓ Do explore why this aspect is important? Why it should be changed? (10)
✓ Do you explore why this aspect has not yet been changed? (10)
✓ Do you explore the impacts of this change, both good and bad, on you, the individual, and society as a whole? (15)
✓ Do you explore how this change would alter the definition or myth of “American”? (15)
✓ Do you dig beneath the surface of this discussing, offering insight that goes beyond assumptions or ‘common sense’ ideals? (10)
Organization and Grammar
✓ Is there an organic organization? This includes paragraph cohesion and development? (2)
✓ Do you avoid superfluous repetition? Does each idea flow logically to the next? (1)
✓ Is there evidence of mastery of standards of English Writing rules? (2)
Documentation
✓ Is your paper appropriately formatted including all ‘extras’? (2)
✓ Are the parenthetical/in-text citations correctly formatted? (4)
✓ Are your citations correctly formatted (4)

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