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good discussion or reflection is one that you want to discuss with the class. It should be one that you regard as important—one that you actually care about. You should be interested in it, and it may be provocative; it may even cause an argument. Choose a discussion or reflection that is worthy of being discussed at length in the class.
The purpose of these papers is to stimulate your interest in the readings by encouraging you to relate the readings to your everyday life and to issues that you care about—to help you to become more engaged with the ideas in the course and read more carefully; to help you think about whether the readings are important to you, how they are important, or what aspects of them are important. The paper works best if you reflect on the reading and come up with the question right after completing the week’s reading.
NOTE:
These papers must be typed/word processed so you do not put off coming up with a rhw discussion/reflection until five minutes before we start class and then dashing one off. This would defeat the purpose of the assignment. Papers will be collected and turned-in immediately after each weekly discussion and considered late after that.