Description: In this assignment, you will create an essay discussing a contested aspect of health or education in the United States. Select one topic from your readings or from a news source (include a link in your submission). Do not use the topic from this week's Discussion Board. You might discuss your thoughts on the poor showing of the United States on indices of healthy countries. You could focus on charter schools and the claim that, by diverting funds from public schools, charters disproportionately impact low-income students of color. You could research and write on the relationship of exclusive private schools and the perpetuation of inequality or a hot topic about health or education of your choosing. Your essay should be thought provoking, innovative, and creative. Objectives: Illustrate the differential impact a country’s economy has on its schooling. Apply sociology’s major theories to education, health, and medicine. Describe in detail significant problems facing today’s schools. Articulate differences in health within low- and high-income countries using concrete examples. Discuss key health concerns for the United States and the shape of medical systems worldwide.

In completing this assignment, learners will research psychological specialties available in the workforce to gain an understanding of the careers in psychology. Research the psychology specialties listed below using the Occupational Outlook Handbook at the American Psychological Association website. Child Psychologist Counseling Psychologist Clinical Psychologist Developmental Psychologist Experimental Psychologist Forensic Psychologist Industrial-Organizational Psychologist Health Psychologist Neuropsychologist School Psychologist Social Psychologist Sports Psychologist After researching each of the career specialties, write 2 paragraphs summarizing the job responsibilities, work locations, salaries, education, licensing requirements and career outlooks for each career represented as percentage of growth expected. Following each of the 12 paragraph pairs, note whether the specialty in psychology would be of interest to you as a career option in the future, explaining your reasons. Once the 12 sets of paragraphs and interest or non-interest explanations are complete, compile them into a single APA formatted paper using the career titles as separate, APA formatted headings within the paper body. Wrap up the paper with two paragraphs comparing the way in which information about the 12 careers is communicated in the Occupational Outlook Handbook versus how it is communicated on the APA website (i.e. which format was the easiest to navigate and understand, had the most useful information, etc.). Provide specific one or two examples to exemplify the general comparisons provided. 

students will be responsible for reading three research articles and completing written responses to the readings for that day. These responses are meant to facilitate class discussion of the assigned material. For each response, students will be required to write a one-page paper synthesizing the three articles and include at least 1 discussion question per article that they are prepared to bring up in class that day.  Please find the 3 articles attached