No class of office hours, Wednesday, 16 November for Steve Brandon

Due to illness, there will be no class on Wednesday, 16 November; instead, complete the following assignment.

For Wednesday, 16 November, you were to have completed the pre-writing and the drafting for a five paragraph essay on one of the following topics:

1. "Human rights" is a term frequently used but seldom defined. What rights should belong to every human being? Discuss.
2. Should American students be required to learn a second language? Why or why not?
3. Robert Frost said, "We come to college to get over our littlemindedness." Discuss in
relation to your own experiences.
4. If you were awarded an expense-paid trip to any one place in the world, where would you go? Why?
5. Do you think that you have the qualifications of a good parent? Discuss.
6. If you were guaranteed a steadily improving standard of living (in terms of buying power, free time, quality of goods and services, etc.), would you be willing to give up your right to vote? Explain.

For this Friday, 18 November, pick another, separate topic from the above, and complete the pre-writing and drafting of this new essay.  Again, do NOT go beyond the drafting phase.  We will practice revision and proofreading at a particular speed on one of your essays on Friday.  

Note: you can use the topics you decide not to write on as a source of topics, and you can practice your pre-writing skills, that is, coming up with a thesis statement and three topic sentences for each topic as quickly as possible.


Steve