HELP ME PLZ! Arts of communication

After earning your teaching certificate, you landed a job in one of the best public school districts in the state. You’ve excelled in the classroom, and evaluations of your teaching are consistently outstanding. But the newly announced state budget means drastic cuts for the district. Either 100 teachers will be laid off, or every teacher will have to accept a 10 percent pay cut. Because the newest teachers are the first to be fired, and you have been on the job for only three years, you know that the only way to keep your position is if all teachers agree to the cut. What’s more, laying off 100 teachers will mean more students in each classroom, which will harm the quality of education. In one week, the school superintendent will hold an open meeting for teachers to voice their opinions.

You plan on arguing for the pay cut, but you’re unsure of how to organize your speech. Which of the following methods of organization will be most effective, and why: problem- solution, comparative advantages, Monroe’s motivated sequence?