Hello there, I need help for this very short ENG 102 (Rhetoric and Composition) assignment. I would really appreciate it! Note: I need someone who has the books David and Goliath by M. Gladwell and They Say/I Say by G. Graff and C. Birkenstein.

Defending a pizza party with (social) science!

In Chapter 17 of They Say / I Say, we read about writing in the social sciences. When you think about it, that’s exactly what David and Goliath is, right? Gladwell tells us about human behavior and how many of our approaches to understanding it are well-intentioned but ultimately wrong. For today’s forum, I’d like you take what you know about social science writing and what you learned in David and Goliath and apply it to the following scenario.

Scenario:

It is October 20, and you are the teacher of a high school English class. Your students have been underachieving all semester: they don’t listen in class, they aren’t doing the assigned reading, their essays are done with minimal effort, and their overall behavior in class has been terrible. You just graded their most recent unit exam, and more than half of the students did not pass.

You decide that early next week, you will give your class a pizza party.

When you mention your plan to the dean, however, she is not at all in favor of it. Why would you give a pizza party to a class of poorly behaved and underachieving students?

Using what you’ve learned in Chapter 17 from They Say/I Say and what you learned from David and Goliath, write a paragraph that explains why you think giving them a pizza party is the right thing to do.