I am choosing the speech model over the letter model. If I write a letter on this topic, I would want to know who I am writing it. The possible addressee would have been out of my reach, and I would not know much about his personality to adjust my letter for a higher impact. Thus, I am choosing a speech because the range is broader and penetrative ability varies from person to person.

The individual who reads my letter agrees with my view of a problem and its solutions, the mission will be completed. On the contrary, if he disagrees, the whole idea will not work out. The speech would help to reach people with different views, and regardless of how the speech has ended, it will sow doubt within the group the speech was addressed to. Since my topic I am going to discuss is a problem of a broader scale, – the more people touched – the better the impact. My topic should not be a one-person problem.

I imagine my audience as the following cut-section of people: 

  1. The college professors who teach freshmen, 
  2. Some teachers from top-10 high schools, 
  3. The heads and deputies of education departments from six the most and least funded states, 
  4. Major country employers who hire for full-time positions right from a high school.

I can be seen by the audience as an outsider with a different sight at the problem. Even when new people enter teaching, they are from the school where particular patterns of thinking and perceptions of the teaching industry had already been established. Additionally, my work is not something I was taught. It might reduce my chances to be heard because people prefer to listen to someone who is either moderately or significantly attached to teaching.

The outline is the following:

  • Problems of pre-STEM education in the US.
  • Statistics showing issues in Math education through mid- and high school grades. 
  • Short-term and long-term forecasts where the country may be due to problems in education, related to the exact sciences.
  • Solutions that may help to improve the system.