Using at least 4 researched and cited sources, examine your life’s work (future profession) and describe how your work or pursuit of education can be used to change the world.
How: Decide which specific life goal you want to describe to the reader of your essay.
Assess the ethics, contributions, challenges, and potential of your field of study/academic pursuit.
Consider the credibility, worth, and ultimate humanity of your chosen profession (its “ethos).
Write a working thesis statement that identifies the life goal, takes a position on the ethos of the goal, and identifies which angles will be discussed in the essay’s body paragraphs.
Draft the essay using the following structure:
In an introductory paragraph, summarize background information on the life goal; include your essay’s thesis statement as the last sentence of the introduction.
In each body paragraph, write a topic sentence that connects to your thesis statement. Develop each body paragraph with researched/cited facts, details, examples, or reasons. Body paragraphs for this assignment will help a reader understand
Why the goal/work is “worth” pursuing;
How the goal/work is done ethically;
How the goal/profession is perceived in society;
How the potential of this goal/work is challenged;
How the goal/work can serve and advance the world.
