HW 6

Beck Assignment #5 1

November 7, 2016

3.0 SAMPLE CONCLUSION

This document examined the problem of burn-out suffered by American college students

in order to propose a solution.

A review of the literature concluded that burn-out can be caused by students not taking

advantage of free entertainment opportunities on campus (Fakemeister, 2016). Moreover,

the literature concluded that free entertainment, such as concerts by a capella groups, is

often aimed at students in liberal arts programs, not STEM programs (Fakearoo, 2015),

and so students in STEM programs will often not attend such entertainment, even if it is

free, because it is not appealing to them.

To help determine a solution to this problem, a survey of ERAU/Prescott students was

taken as described in Section 2.0: Proposed Solution. This survey indicated that given

several entertainment choices, most ERAU/Prescott students would prefer to attend a

lecture by industry giant Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors.

Therefore, this document recommends that the Prescott campus SGA invite Elon Musk to

the ERAU/Prescott campus for a lecture in Fall 2017 because Embry-Riddle students are

more interested in learning from an industry leader than they are in listening to a capella

groups.

Some may argue that a lecture is not entertainment. However, there is a long tradition of

“edutainment” (i.e., educational entertainment) at university campuses (Fakarooni, 2016),

and the fact that students wish to continue learning about aerospace during their free time

is laudable.

Therefore, this paper strongly recommends that the ERAU/Prescott SGA contact Elon

Musk’s PR firm to begin negotiations for a lecture tour to the ERAU campus.

3.0 SAMPLE CONCLUSION BREAK-DOWN

[PURPOSE STATEMENT] This document examined the problem of burn-out suffered

by American college students in order to propose a solution.

[SUMMARY OF THE RESEARCH ABOUT THE PROBLEM] A review of the

literature concluded that burn-out can be caused by students not taking advantage of free

entertainment opportunities on campus (Fakemeister, 2016). Moreover, the literature

concluded that free entertainment, such as concerts by a capella groups, is often aimed at

students in liberal arts programs, not STEM programs (Fakearoo, 2015), and so students

in STEM programs will often not attend such entertainment, even if it is free, because it

is not appealing to them.

[SUMMARY OF THE RESEARCH ABOUT THE SOLUTION] To help determine a

solution to this problem, a survey of ERAU/Prescott students was taken as described in

Section 2.0: Proposed Solution. This survey indicated that given several entertainment

choices, most ERAU/Prescott students would prefer to attend a lecture by industry giant

Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors.

Beck Assignment #5 1

November 7, 2016

[PROPOSED SOLUTION/CALL TO ACTION] Therefore, this document

recommends that the Prescott campus SGA invite Elon Musk to the ERAU/Prescott

campus for a lecture in Fall 2017 because Embry-Riddle students are more interested in

learning from an industry leader than they are in listening to a capella groups.

[COUNTERCLAIM AND REBUTTAL] Some may argue that a lecture is not

entertainment. However, there is a long tradition of “edutainment” (i.e., educational

entertainment) at university campuses (Fakarooni, 2016), and the fact that students wish

to continue learning about aerospace during their free time is laudable.

[RESTATEMENT OF CLAIM/CALL TO ACTION] Therefore, this paper strongly

recommends that the ERAU/Prescott SGA contact Elon Musk’s PR firm to begin

negotiations for a lecture tour to the ERAU campus.