Hi Everyone,

Thanks for working through the Lukianoff/Haidt chapter today. For those of you who want to read more about their arguments and research take a look here (there’s also a link here to all of their endnotes).

For our next meeting, please either continue the description you started writing in class today or start a new description of a thing/phenomenon/place/idea using Karl Ove Knausgaard’s essay as your guide (click here to take at it again). Here’s the specific prompt I’d like you to respond to in this description:

What is one thing/phenomenon/place/idea that is particularly interesting or important to you? Attempt to describe this thing/phenomenon/place/idea in as much detail as you possibly can in a two-three paragraph essay. You may want to describe your subject only using some casual research, like google, the dictionary, or wikipedia, or you may prefer to just use your own memory as your “source.” Whatever you chose to do, write a list of all your sources at the end of your essay like this:

Sources: google, wikipedia, my own brain, a conversation with my mom, and so on…

You’ll read your description to a small group so make sure to tailor your writing to a group of readers who may not know as much about your subject as you do. This is a thought experiment. I won’t collect or grade it. So just enjoy the process. AND please bring it to class!