Unit 3 Ip
Write an initial substantive response of 80 words in length.
Begin your response with a restatement of the question/prompt, and include
in-text citation(s) and a reference for each scholarly source used according to
the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide located in the Student Success
Center. The restatement of the question/prompt, the references, and the
citations are not included in your response word count.
Please do the readings that are in the assignment details,
and choose three or more to use in your essay.
1.
Thesis Statement
Story: Making It in America
Include an APA title page
Include APA in-text citations
wherever you reference the text.
Include a reference page in APA
format.
Be objective and avoid using “I,”
“you,” and “we.
In the past decade, the flow of goods emerging from U.S.
factories has risen by about a third. Factory employment has fallen by roughly
the same fraction. The story of Standard Motor Products, a 92-year-old,
family-run manufacturer based in Queens, sheds light on both phenomena. It’s a
story of hustle, ingenuity, competitive success, and promise for America’s
economy. It also illuminates why the jobs crisis will be so difficult to solve.
I FIRST MET MADELYN “Maddie” Parlier in the “clean room” of
Standard Motor Products’ fuel-injector assembly line in Greenville, South
Carolina. Like everyone else, she was wearing a blue lab coat and a hairnet.
She’s so small that she seemed swallowed up by all the protective gear.
