Jinay Patel – Final RP Proposal
I would say the problem I’m tackling has changed in the focus I’m taking as the focus on the educational system for Gen Z has turned into the effects of student debt on Gen Z college students. The reason it has changed to the effects of student debt is because the sources I found helped me narrow down the focus of my essay to the idea of the relationship between student debt and mental health. It was further narrowed down to Gen Z, as we did a writing exercise in class last Thursday and the term Gen Z narrows it down as I will be focusing on the present situation of college students today. The reason I am focusing on the present is because I want to delve into how college students nowadays feel about their debt and how we can try to fix the issue in some way. I would still need to do some research into the debate of student debt and mental health, as it could be a topic that is widely debated or not debated at all. The question I’d be tackling would be the one I proposed being if student debt does affect students in terms of their mental health with factors, one such example being added stress from fulfilling a job to earn money to pay of their student loans. There would be much debate in terms of student debt forgiveness, as one of the examples I may use will involve the recent action from President Biden to forgive student debt.
As for my sources, they would be laid out as I write the essay. They will most likely be used a background, for support for my argument, and as a topic of discussion for the theory they propose. I will most likely use the sources involving New Zealand and the United States to provide a perspective of how other countries differ from ours with student debt and how they feel about student debt as it can provide an insight into the effects on their mental health. I will most likely have to research more into Harris’ book and Chapter 6 specifically as it pertains to the mental health of the general people of Gen Z. I will have to look for another source that involves some possible solutions of the student debt problem and how students can have a better routine to help their mental health during college. Some of these solutions will use recent example, like Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan as stated earlier in this proposal. The essay will follow an outline of introducing the problem, discussing it with the sources involving New Zealand and the state of early adults in the United States, comparing the two countries in terms of their debt situation, addressing the discussion of students from each country, and then possibly finding a solution or some way to improve the situation in the conclusion. Once more, I will have to do more indepth research, but I have further insight into what my essay will go into.