Amanda's Website Proposal

1) 1) The audience for my paper would include parents. More particularly, however, parents with children who are below kindergarten age. They can currently have children they wish to possibly enroll in an early-child education program, or younger children they are planning to enroll in the future. Either they, these individuals would wish to gain information about programs to enroll their child into.

2) 2) These parents my website would greatly focus towards includes individuals that may bring home a low-income, may not have a college or even high school education, and may not speak English as their first language. These people would have obstacles that may prevent them from enrolling their children in an early-education program already. These parents may already have learned about potential early-child education programs they wish to enroll their child in, but some may not. Therefore I will have to provide some information regarding: what these type of programs endeavor to foster- i.e. child education in the classroom, child education in a social aspect, and what they hope the child will learn while in the program; the purpose(s) and goal(s) their program aspires to attain- the accomplishments they claim their programs will encompass; and I will most likely want to include statistics regarding how well and how often these early-child education programs complete these conditions.

3) 3)My audience may be directed to investigate my topic because they want to unsure the best for their children, and hope to give opportunities to their children. I would have audiences that would be interested in my topic of concern. These individuals, however, may not necessarily agree with my stance on my topic. Overall, individuals visiting my site are there to gain knowledge about early-education programs in order to decide if these programs are what is needed for their child, and if they- as parents- want and need to enroll them.

4) 4) The gist of conversation surrounding my topic is that many people believe early-education programs help aid the growth and development of a child. This applies to educational areas and other areas outside of the classroom. Many people say that these programs need to be implemented as early as possible and that without them children of low-income are far less likely to succeed. Many programs are being pushed to be put into action because their supporters claim they are needed in order for the children’s’ success they will provide services to. However, although little is discussed about the opposite side of this conversation- that these programs are not needed and are unnecessary, this is a part of the conversation that needs to be better represented and explored. Some sources I have investigated affirm that these programs are not as vital as some individuals and groups make them out to be. The basic, basic skills needed to enter kindergarten are so few and elementary that most children learn these elements in their daily life, without the need for an early-child education program.

5) 5) In order to capture my audience, I will need to produce a very simple and well stated title. I may be able to get a good amount of viewers if I do this correctly. Because I will be exploring the alternative side to the majority, I may receive attention just because my stance is contrary to the majority they continually hear and read. Once I have my audience at my website I need to be able to clearly express my viewpoint with professionalism that will not deter my readers initially. The support I provide for my viewpoint must be able to be clearly recognized, or readers may get frustrated, bored, and tired of looking and leave before understanding where I am coming from.

6) 6) The viewpoint I will be putting forward into the conversation is that early-child education programs that pre-date kindergarten are not a necessity for the development and education of a child. I came to make this claim because of a few reasons. It is not because I think these programs are not operating properly. Many of these programs are established on the grounds that they are providing opportunities to children from low-income that are essential to the children’s proper development. This sounds like an unarguable truth, one I also agreed upon. However, these programs and not a make or break deal for a child. If a child does not enroll in these programs, they are not going to automatically fail once they enter kindergarten. Furthermore, the skills needed for a child to enter kindergarten are few and simplistic. Kindergarten, and the entire school system, is established to provide a child the tools needed to learn. Early-child education programs to not provide anything extra that public education does not. I feel that because their purpose is one to be agreed upon, their actual need in the community is inflated.

Many individuals in the government are pushing for funding to establish and expand more of these programs. However noble these programs are, they are nothing more than an exemplified daycare. I have had first hand experience at a few different daycares, private and well established, and established early-childcare education programs. They all were providing the same skills and necessities. Each facility provided individuals to watch the children and carry out tasks that would direct the children’s interests. The early-education did not acchomplish some great feat that the others did not. They just receive more publicity and focus than other establishments do. If you take a step back, early-education programs are just a chain of established child care facilities. They are like the Dutch Bros of child care facilities. (not starbucks because they more often claim to be better than other coffee establishments.)