HUM 1020

Unit I Essay

Film Essay

Each of the films selected for Unit I portrays a teacher/student relationship that proves to be life changing. Identify your movie selection with a brief synopsis of the main characters, the underlying issue, and how it is or is not solved. Touch on

the key points of the process of change in your movie. What needed to happen? What risks were taken? What were the positive and negative (if any) outcomes? This should be no more than half of your essay. In the second part of your essay, discuss your own experience with education. How much of your education has consisted of teachers pouring ideas into your mind and then requiring you to pour them back onto a test? How many teachers have tried to inspire your mind in new ways? Which type of education do you prefer, and why? Your essay should be no less than Three full pages in length, If you use outside sources, please cite and reference them according to APA standards

Unit II Essay

Film Essay

The movies in Unit II all deal with major decision making. Start by identifying your movie selection and providing a brief synopsis of the core issue. What was the main character’s goal? What major decision needed to be made, and by whom? What was the process? What were the problems or roadblocks? Then, discuss your analysis of the final outcome. This should be no more than half of your essay. In the second part of your essay, analyze your own decisions that have been important in your life. What is your process for making these kinds of decisions? What are the strengths and weaknesses of that process for you? This part of your think piece should be focused on the process, not on details about your decisions. Your essay should be no less than Three full pages in length, roughly 500 words. If you use outside sources, please cite and reference them according to APA standards.

Unit III Essay

Film Essay

The movies in Unit III depict many great examples of problem solving.

Discuss the major problem in the movie you selected, and how that problem was (or could have been) broken down into smaller, more solvable problems. For the second half of your essay, choose a smaller problem you are facing now, and describe how you would use Chaffee’s five steps of problem solving to find a solution. The problem you write about can be personal or professional, and you can change names and other details if you feel the need. What you discuss will be kept confidential. Your essay should be no less than Three full pages in length, roughly 500 words. If you use outside sources, please cite and reference them according to APA standards.