EXPLORATORY PAPERThe goal of the writing assignment is to inform a specific audience about a particular issue and synthesize multiple perspectives in that issue to construct an enlightening text. In order to succeed in informing your audience, it is important that you research the background/history ofyour issue and that you also situate your knowledge about the issue in a specific context. To synthesize or weave together material from multiple sources is a vital stage on the critical thinking process. To merely report on the work of others is only part of the journey; this essay requires that you interpret these ideas-compare, contrast, combine, find causes and effects-to suggest a new insight or solution to a pr