For this project I have decided that I want to explore and research the amenities that immigrant students, or any students whose first language was not English, are provided with in terms of education. Being an “ESL kid” myself, I also want to share my story in order to demonstrate the hardships that I have endured. I would like to find out if the experience that I had is similar to the average student’s in New York City. In order to do that I have to research information about ESL programs and which schools do and do not offer them; I would also like to see how many students are in need of such programs and how many are not provided with them.

I think one of my audiences for my argument could be my fellow students who have not had a similar experience and may be interested in finding out what it is like. Another audience could be policymakers in New York City who are responsible for providing such programs in public schools.