DUE MARCH 16 --"The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living" - Socrates
TASK:
Imagine you are in front of a tribunal (Judges, etc.), similar to the film, where you have to 'defend' a moment (scene, incident, etc.) from your life.
Choose ONE (1) of the following options:
1. An incident that you feel shows you 'facing a fear' or making a good judgment
2. An incident that you feel shows you not 'facing a fear' or misjudgment
You are to create a no more than 2-page response / reflection paper IN THE THIRD PERSON that develops your incident or scene.
In your response be sure to explain the 'scene.' Be descriptive and detailed to help your reader really see and feel this experience. Include details such as:
- How old you were.
- What you did.
- Why you feel you did what you did.
- What you feel this moment reveals about you (your personality, judgement, etc.)
- What would you do different if you had the chance?
- How do you think this decision might have affected future events?
Note: Will it be a challenge to write about yourself in the third person? Maybe - but are we not the omniscient narrators of our own life? Only you can see into your heart and mind... unless you're using more than 48 percent of your brain! (Plus it avoids having to write "I, I, I" over and over again.)
Besides -- What's more fun to read?
"I was 10 a ten year old nerd. My glasses used to fall off of my head because my head was lumpy. So I took my Dad's staple gun to take care of the situation."
OR
"Johnny was a 10 year old nerd. His glasses taped in many places from years of falling off his misshapened head. It was a warm summer day when Johnny had an idea he thought to be brilliant: staple gun his glasses to his head."
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DUE MARCH 16 - (Staple handwritten brainstorm / draft)
