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It's not what we don't know that gets us into so much trouble; it's what we know that ain't so. --Josh Billings If a million people believe a foolish thing, it's still a foolish thing. --Anatole
REQUIRED READING BEFORE BEGINNING
THESE WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS: A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. --Saul Bellow PAGE CONTENTS The purpose of these assignments is to strengthen your critical thinking skills and to help you discover that what you think you know isn't always so. Every Friday until the end of the semester you will be turning in a one paragraph response to one of the articles/essays found on one of the Web sites listed under "Sites for Assignments." Pick articles/essays about topics that interest you. Do not focus your comments on the web site itself. Your paragraph should be a half page long. React in this paragraph to what you have read. Avoid the temptation to write a multi-page essay. Do you agree or disagree with all or some of an article’s content? Why? Is there something you would like to add? Perhaps there are some additional concerns you would like addressed by the article’s author. Do not use the same web site every week for these assignments. If you turn in all of these assignments, you will receive an "A" grade that will be the equivalent of an "A" on a 1000 word essay. Miss two, and your grade will be a "B"; miss four, a "C." You can figure out the rest. Be sure to include in the upper right-hand corner the Web site’s
name and URL.
It is the mark of an educated
mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. No matter how cynical you
become, it's never enough to keep up.
SITES FOR WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS:
The two most common elements
in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. SITES TO CHECK OUT:
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts. --Bertrand Russell
A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out. --G.C. Luhtenberg E-MAIL COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS:
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