Hunger

1/23) What do you want? Why do you want it? How will you get it? What if, when you get it, you discover it’s not really what you want? What is college? What do you want from college? (One page)

1/25) What is your culture? How has it affected you? What is this course? (One page)

1/30) What is “the other” culture? How has your culture shaped “the other” culture, and the way you see “the other” culture? (One page)

2/6) What is freedom? What is justice? What is good? How does your culture shape your answers? How will seeing “the other” culture change those answers? How does your culture prevent you from seeing “the other?” What is luxury? What is fashion, glamour, adventure, excellence? (One page)

2/8) Is it a wonderful world? (One to two paragraph)

2/15) What is hunger? Where is it located? Why does it exist? (One page)

2/20) What is poverty? Where is it located? Why does it exist? (One page)

2/22 Is it a wonderful country? What is patriotism? (One to two paragraph)

2/27) What job do you want? How will you get it? What problems have you solved? What skills do you have? (One page)

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3/6 How will you solve the problems of our world and country? Is charity the answer? (One to two paragraph)

3/8) Is government the answer? What is your political philosophy? What is democracy? How is it created and preserved? (One page)

3/13) Is college the answer? What is the purpose of college? And what does it mean to be an educated person? And how is democracy related to education? (One page)

3/15) What is relevant? What does the world want unanimously? UDHR and MDG (One page)

3/27) What is the basis for liberty and justice and peace for all? How can that basis be created? (One page)

3/29) Does America provide equal justice under the law? What will you do about this problem? (One page)

4/3) What would happen if poor people became rich? What will you do about that? (One page)

4/10) People are hungry because they’re poor. Why are they poor? What are the implications? And what’s the solution, and how should it be implemented? Students review the course, and their collections of responses with comments and criticisms and submit a one-page, computer-printed grand synthesis with persuasive conclusion. The purpose of this grand synthesis is to serve the public by publishing advice as a Letter to the Editor or OpEd on how to form the more perfect union. Select a newspaper as a target for submission and follow that paper’s advice on preparing a Letter or OpEd. (One page)

5/3) Students declare how they will use their skill and knowledge to attack hunger and its related problems. How does your major concentration contribute to, or detract from, the solution to the problem of hunger? Give an example and then lead a short class discussion/debate on your answer. (One to two paragraph)