President Trump has released the details on his plan DQ

President Trump has released the details on his plan DQ

Current Events Assignment #1 Topic: President Trump has released the details on his plan to deal with the opioid drug crisis in the U.S. Thus far, the most controversial point in his plan is the inclusion of the death penalty for some drug dealers. After reviewing the proposal, address the following points in your paper: 1. Briefly outline Mr. Trump’s plan to deal with the opioid crisis. 2. Briefly discuss the reaction of Congress so far to Mr. Trump’s plan. 3. Give one pro and one con to having the death penalty as a potential punishment. 4. Do you agree with Mr. Trump’s plan? Why or why not? Paper Directions:  Your paper must be a minimum of 3 pages and a maximum of 4 pages. 2 ½ pages or 2 ¾ pages will have 10 points deducted for failure to meet minimum length.  Typed using Arial or Times New Roman font, 12pt font size and double spaced  Include a cover page. 10 points will be deducted for failing to include a cover page. A sample cover page is included at the end of this document.  Papers that repeat information from the cover page (name, date, class, title, etc.) on the second page will have 10 points deducted off of their total score.  Use the MLA writing style.  All papers must include at a minimum: o A Cover Sheet (A sample cover page is included at the end of this document.) o 3-4 pages of written material (not including cover or works cited pages) o A Works Cited page  Proper MLA citation rules must be followed for all parts of your submission. Points will be deducted for failure to follow these requirements. Note: MLA does not require a cover page and does not have a standard format for a cover page in the current edition. This is a requirement that I have added. See the sample cover page at the end of this document for details on how to correctly format the cover page.  Paragraphs should be a minimum of 3 sentences long. They should be no longer than 5-6 sentences. Points will be deducted for short and long paragraphs.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.