We wish you to commit to self expression in your writing, in dialogue with your fellow students in and out of class, and in the development of collaborative group projects for final presentations. Please read this syllabus carefully. Should you have any problems or questions see me during an office hour or bring them up in class. The purpose of these short papers purpose is promote learning by helping you to articulate questions about the material and to reflect what you have you read. It also assists you in developing ideas for your essays.
Writing can be an act of discovery and exploration.
Examine your habits of thought, your patterns of evaluation, how you interpret experience and form opinions. Make connections between the current assignment, the Core Questions as well as previous issues we have considered. Try not to exceed the space provided. Remember this assignment is not intended as an outline of the material, some of which is long and complicated, but as a way to give an overview, to synthesize and to speculate. An additional component of the response papers may take the form of a drawing, painting, collage or anything that reflects an artistic or right brain component.