Dear students,
Please post your responses to intellectual biography questions here.
Feel free to respond to each other's post – comment and ask questions
as you would do in any familiar community.
This is an online conversation generated by a thread of responses,
followed by a thread of narratives, which I am very much looking
forward to reading. You are a lively, engaged and diverse group -
I could tell by your response to Dave Underwood’s presentation.
Please remember to sign your post with first name and initial of your last name.
Am sending list of emails on email.
See you Tuesday at ATLAS 301with roughs of narrative and story board. Any questions – please email.
All best,
Frances
1. My favorite class in high school was Honors Ethics and Morality. Although it was centered on Catholic teaching (I went to private school), I have always had a passion for debate and this class was the perfect platform for me to speak my liberal mind. Also, my teacher was incredible which added a lot to the experience.
ReplyDelete2. The longest paper I’ve ever written was 7 pages, plus one page for bibliography.
3. My favorite paper I have ever written was a literary analysis on Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall apart. I did an in depth analysis on Chinua and his relationship with the Igbo tradition.
4. I recently read Three Cups of Tea. It’s the story of Greg Mortenson, a mountain climber, who while climbing the famous K2 in Pakistan, was lost and came across a village that had no schools, and he decided he wanted to bring education to them. It’s a profound story of how one person can change the world for the better, with some effort and lots of adversity.
5. Ernest Hemingway really impresses me because of his ability to be so sophisticating-ly simple in his choice of words, yet they have so much meaning behind them.
6. I really love arguing/debating with others about controversial subject matter. It’s definitely my passion. Fighting to make my point clear.
7. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/30/911-christians-plan-their_n_699322.html
This article made me sick.
8. I spent two weeks in Portugal at the beginning of the summer. It was during the World Cup, and observing the pride that lied in all of the natives was truly beautiful. I was so happy to be able to celebrate with a society who cared so much for their football teams.
9. Feminism is the radical notion that women are people. http://www.now.org/
Roshanne Ebrahimian
1. My favorite class in high school was probably chemistry only because my teacher was really chill and did a lot of cool experiments.
ReplyDelete2. The longest paper I have ever written was around 5 or 6 pages and it did have a bibliography.
3. My favorite paper would be a story i wrote about my parents in 7th grade. It was mainly about how much my parents did for me and why i thought they did.
4. The last book I have read was the da vinci code like a year ago.
5. An artist that impresses me is Tech N9ne because he writes really good lyrics.
6. My main interest besides writing, art, and music is having fun.
7. The most recent news story that got me thinking was the laws passed in Arizona about racial profiling.
8. I went to a crazy rave in Colorado Springs during the summer, it was amazing how many people were there.
9. An idea that really widened my intellectual horizon was when I realized that Santa Claus is probably fake.
1. My favorite class in high school was political science. I had a really bright teacher who made the class interesting and it was that class that inspired me to be a poli sci major.
ReplyDelete2. The longest paper I have ever written was 13 pages. It was on immigration/Ellis Island. It had a bibliography.
3. My favorite paper I have ever written would have to be a paper I wrote last year for American Political Science. It was about the Federalist Papers, something I find really interesting.
4. I recently read a book called "The Partnership". It's about a lawyer who struggles against another lawyer he works with to become the head of his firm.
5. Aside from the fact that "The Great Gatsby" is my favorite book, I really like Tobias Wolff's writing. He wrote "This Boy's Life", which became a movie.
6. I like the beach alot. Over the summer I'm always there.
7. I read a conspiracy theory on BBC about the CIA feeding a whole town in France LSD.
8. Saw deadmau5 play at Soldier Field (where the Bears play). Absolutely nuts.
9. None come to mind as of right now...
1.My favorite class in high school was Human Geography because I had an incredible teacher that opened my eyes to many social injustices going on in the word and I came out of the class more aware and more educated as a person. In college so far one of the best classes I have had was Deviance in US Society because of all the different perspectives the class looked at on how people view others in society and gave me a better understanding on stereotypes.
ReplyDelete2.The longest paper I have written was 10 pages and it was probably closer to 11 pages with the endnotes and bibliography.
3.My favorite paper was written my senior year of high school in my Environmental Studies class on genetically modified foods in our food system and the great debate on whether or not they are for the good of humanity.
4.The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Breakfast of Champions, Hell’s Angels, A Walk in the Woods
5.Chuck Close, Chihuly, Kurt Vonnegut
6.I love cooking, gardening, and doing anything outside
7.I was reading the NewYorkTimes the other day and came across an article on the future of the globe in relation to the oil spill.
8.Back home in Nashville over the summer I went to a talk on this new archeological project near the farm I worked at. I was really impressed with all the history that engulfed this lush area of Tennessee that I never new about. So many Indian tribes had lived right in the area I had been working all summer and items that were thousands of years old were being discovered.
9.Try everything- at least once…
1. My favorite class in college was Interpersonal Communication. Learning about how relationships function interests me because I consider myself a people person.
ReplyDelete2. The longest paper I've ever written was about 15 pages, and it did include a bibliography.
3. My favorite paper was all about happy hour. I got to do an extensive study on several happy hour events and write about the experiences!
4. Scar Tissue, Water For Elephants
5. many
6. I'm interested in communicating with others and studying relationships and people.
7. The debate over builing a Mosque near Ground Zero in NYC.
8. I went to a hurling match when I was in Ireland this summer. It was very impressive,it seems like its a combination of many sports and takes a lot of skill.
9. Take advantage of the opportunities that life gives you.