Marques Rutlin  TransdisciplinaryCommunication Dr.Despain 29 September 2024 Reflection 4 Target Audience  For my video, my target audience will be specifically high school seniors. College is a subject that most high school seniors have yet to learn the concept of college admissions. These student’s sources of reliable information these students have would be teachers and staff at the other or parents if they went to college. I believe the best method to appeal to the audience is to present information in a trendy fashion. For example, many educators may present their information in boring slideshows which turns off student engagement and won’t keep a student’s attention. During my video, I plan…

Marques Rutlin  Trandisciplinary Comunication Dr.Despain 22 September 2024 Reflection 3 This article argues racial diversity in the admission of elite colleges. Richard Arum states” Even with affirmative action in place, most students of color did not go to elite colleges”.Affirmative action is a set of procedures designed to; eliminate unlawful discrimination among applicants, The targeted audience for this article is students who want to further their education and attend college. This is the target audience because the main idea of this article is college, and the people who go to college are students or people who want to further their education. This article was posted in 2023 soon after the…

Marques Rutlin 24 August 2024 Dr.Despain Codes Reflections #1 As a Freshman in codes, I am very excited about the program and can’t wait to make a difference in our world. As a scholar, I love to challenge myself inside and outside the classroom. In this learning contract, I will show why I deserve an A. The first goal I would like to achieve is 8a” uses clear organizational patterns and is skillful at presenting content cohesively”. Using this learning outcome my goal is to cleanly present information and make sure my material is easy to understand. What’s significant about how I’ve rewritten this goal is applying it to tools…

Marques Rutlin  Dr.Martinez Research Team 1 2 September 2024 Water Quality in St.Louis Water quality is one of the most essential parts of any community, and we need water to survive. While St. Louis may not have the worst water quality, scientists have found microplastics. Microplastics are small plastic pieces less than five millimeters in size, such as trash, dust, and cleaning products. Of the 31 drinking-water samples collected, 87% had so-called normal levels of microplastics. That means the levels were within the range in most of the country. The first characteristic of a wicked problem is a vague problem definition.  Although there isn’t one solution that will cure microplastics,…