High school Problem

Question

Five students have been suspended for a four-day period for drinking alcoholic beverages at their high school. It has been the policy of the school board to suspend any student who has been caught drinking alcoholic beverages at school. In the past five months, a total of 16 students have been suspended. The police department is unhappy with the suspensions because when the students are suspended, they usually loiter on the city streets during school hours. The school social worker had contacted the parents of the five suspended students, and only one set of parents has indicated an interest in their daughter receiving counseling. The other parents stated that they weren't sufficiently concerned to talk about the suspension further.

1. What do you see as being the most serious problem to deal with?
2. What do you believe the causes of this problem are?
3. What possible strategies could you follow to combat this problem?
4. What do you see as the merits and shortcomings of each of these strategies?
5. Which of these strategies would you select to combat the problem you have identified?

Answer 1

Hello Jerry Mae,

This problem sounds like a five paragraph essay layout. My assumption is you needed to answer these questions in an essay? Here is a good rough outline to follow:

1. Question 1
2. Vague allusion to problem
3. pointed stating of problem
4. refer to the exact situation (two sentences)
5. THESIS- most serious problem, briefly tell:
6. cause(s)
7. strategie(s)
8. Question two
9. mention causes, narrow in on one cause
10. give background of cause
11. discuss why the the cause is valid to this situation
12. give positives
13. give negatives
14. transition sentence (this leads us to our next cause...)
15. Question 2- Paragraph 2
16. mention causes, narrow in on one cause
17. give background of cause
18. discuss why the the cause is valid to this situation
19. give positives
20. give negatives
21. transition sentence (so how do we combat these causes...)
22. Question 3/4- Paragraph 1
23. mention strategies, narrow in on one cause
24. give background of strategy
25. discuss why the the strategy is valid to this situation
26. give positives
27. give negatives
28. transition sentence to second strategy
29. Question 3/4- Paragraph 2
30. mention strategies, narrow in on one cause
31. give background of strategy
32. discuss why the the strategy is valid to this situation
33. give positives
34. give negatives
35. transition sentence to conclusion
36. Question 5
37. Explain why your strategy you choose will meet the situation's issues and underlying problems the best (3-4 setences)
38. Conclusion statement (usually restate thesis with answers you have come up with)