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English 101Project 2
This mid-term is taken from the course text, New Directions:
Reading, Writing and
Critical Thinking, by Peter S. Gardner, and can be found on page
101 of the second
edition published in 00! by "ambridge #ni$ersity Press .
Essay Topics
%rite an essay on oneof the follo&ing topics. Support your
points &ith an
appropriate combination of references to the readings in this
chapter as &ell as
personal experiences and obser$ations.
1. 'iscuss the extent to &hich you agree &ith one of the
follo&ing (uotations)*%hat + &ish for all students is some
release from the clammy grip of
the future. + &ish them a chance to sa$or each segment of
their
education as an experience in itself and not as a grim
preparation forthe next step. + &ish them the right to
experiment, to trip and fall, to
learn that defeat is as instructi$e as $ictory and is not the
end of the
&orld. %illiam insser, #.S. &riter and educator/
or*The purpose of education, nally, is to create in a person the
ability to
look at the &orld for himself, to make his o&n
decisions, to say to
himself this is black or this is &hite, to decide for
himself &hether there
is a God in hea$en or not. ames 2ald&in, #.S. author/
. "onduct an analysis of t&o of the readings and put them in
con$ersation &ith
one another for a paper. "hoose a side in the debate and prepare
an
argument based on the readings. 3ou may also &rite from a
position of
ambi$alence.
4. 5naly6e the (ualities of good teachers and good students.
"onsider such
things as goals, $alues, teaching and learning styles,
beha$iors, and
character traits.
7. 8xplain ho& &ell the educational system in your
country prepares students
for the challenges they &ill face in the real &orld.
%hat are the strengths and
&eaknesses of the education students recei$e9 'o you ha$e
any
recommendations for its impro$ement9
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!. 8xamine the pros and cons of using the internet as an
educational tool. To
&hat degree does this mass medium enhance, and to &hat
degree does it
obstruct, students: learning9
Assessment:
3ou must reference at least t&o of the four readings about
education &e:$e used as
a class. This includes the articles by ;olt, Sadker and Sadker,
=1!
First Draft Due: 10=1=1! three-four typed copies/ Class will be
at the Writing
Center, AUD 442
econd Draft Due: 10=17=1! three-four typed copies/ Peerre!iew
da"
Final Draft Due: 10=1?=1! one typed copy due at the beginning of
class/
A!solutely no late or emailed "or# "ill !e accepted$
Total: %0 points
