Listen to the podcast episode from the series “This American Life,” entitled The Problem We All Live With. (Links to an external site.) The podcast details a moment a few years ago, in St. Louis, where lower income, Black students from Normandy school district were allowed to take classes in neighboring affluent, mostly white, Francis Howell school district. Among other things, we hear footage from a tense school district meeting where families from Francis Howell strongly oppose having Normandy students join their school. In your essay, you will take on the role of an expert, hired by the Francis Howell school district to present at a follow-up meeting to resolve the issues. They believe that your expertise on the issues can help resolve the disagreement between Normandy and Francis Howell parents. You can choose to argue in favor of having the Normandy students join Francis Howell, or you can choose to argue against that. Or you can argue something in between. Whatever direction you choose to go, your essay must be well-written (see rubric below), and you must use course content as support for what you argue. Your essay should not exceed 1500 words, double spaced. It is due on April 13 at 7:30 AM (that is, before class time). IMPORTANT: While you can argue whatever you want, your argument must make use of the course content. In other words, an essay that only consists of your opinions without any mention of readings or ideas we discussed will not get you a passing grade.