In this weeks readings and Learning Activities, you focused on choosing a topic, narrowing it down, and crafting a thesis statement. For this weeks Discussion, respond to the following questions in at least two well-developed paragraphs:

Tell the class about a community issue that you have some knowledge of and would like to try and improve. Who are the people in your community most affected by this issue (key stakeholders)? Who in the community is in the best position to bring about a change? What challenges have kept them from solving this problem already?
Share your preliminary thesis statement.
Share the thesis that you created in the Writing Your Problem-Solution Thesis Learning Activity.
In your thesis, be sure to identify your target audience, a concrete action the audience can take to solve the problem [solution], and a reason for action [problem/benefit].
Example: The San Antonio School District [target audience] should provide every high school student with an electronic tablet [solution] because this will encourage more learning outside of the classroom, increase mastery of skills, and increase college acceptance rates [benefit].
Dont worry about getting your thesis perfect this week. At this stage, your thesis is more of a hypothesis that needs to be tested and refined as you dig further into the problem you will attempt to solve.
Finally, wrap your post up with an open-ended question.
For an extra challenge in your peer feedback this week, try to determine the underlying assumption of your classmates thesis by using what you learned from the Enthymeme section of the Logical Argument Tutorial and then tell the class if you agree with the assumption or if you have some concerns with it. Those concerns can help your peers fine-tune the thesis statement. Hint: To determine the assumption (major premise), you can replace the action in the solution part of the thesis with something and the word because with if. The minor premise is the problem statement.

Example: The San Antonio School District should provide every high school student with an electronic tablet because this will encourage more learning outside of the classroom, increase mastery of skills, and increase college acceptance rates.

Major premise: The San Antonio School District should do something if it encourages more learning outside of the classroom, increases mastery of skills, and increase college acceptance rates.

Minor Premise: Tablets encourage learning outside of the classroom, increase mastery of skills, and increase college acceptance rates.

All Discussion posts and responses to peers should be written in complete sentences using Standard English. Before posting, proofread for grammar, spelling, and word-choice issues. Be sure to respond fully to every aspect of the Discussion.

When you refer to concepts from the units Reading, be sure to use a signal phrase like According to . . .[name of reading]. If you are directly quoting the Reading or another source, be sure to use quotation marks and cite the source using proper APA in-text citations and full references. See the Purdue Global Writing Center Using Sources for resources on APA citation formatting.

Discussion Board Rubric

Review the Discussion Board rubric your instructor will use to determine your Discussion grade.
Sample Discussion Post

You can review a sample Discussion post and response to a peer by clicking on the Unit 3 Sample Discussion Assignment.

1. Identify a future trend in the healthcare industry that interests you. This might be telemedicine, artificial intelligence, robotics, or another trend.
2. Compose a 14001750 word paper in which you:
3. Identify and describe the future trend that you chose.
4. Analyze how this trend could affect the finances of a healthcare organization, or the economics of the overall healthcare industry.
5. Evaluate the ethical implications of this trend for the healthcare industry.
6. Cite a minimum of three scholarly resources.
7. Format your paper according to the standards of: APA Formatting and Style Guide.

Additional web page: https://www.forbes.com/sites/blakemorgan/2018/01/09/the-top-5-trends-in-customer-experience-for-healthcare/#4af8a19b23e6

(15 points) Review the three approaches to generic criticism discussed in Foss by speculating about how you might apply one of the approaches to the speech you have analyzed for your paper (about 300-350 words).

(10 points) Read ONE of the attached case studies and explain how this specific rhetorical genre might be useful in evaluating a contemporary speaker/message (100–200 words)

Assignment
M6 Essay (dropbox)

Essay Assignment: Chapter 2 Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis
Chapter 2 is one of the longest and most dense chapters in our textbook. The concepts that are introduced assist us in making financial decision based on a company’s financial statements and reports. As you are likely aware, there is a very close relationship between finance and accounting, and in order to understand finance, it is critically important to comprehend basic accounting terminology and procedures. Please write a 1 page essay, double spaced, no less than 450 words, explaining the close relationship between accounting and finance. This essay should use accounting terminology, new terms we learn in Chapter 2, as well as examples of the importance of understanding accounting in a finance setting.