Next Reading Response
Dear All,
For your next reading response, you will engage with Descartes’ “A Discourse on Method.” The selection I would like for you to read is on pages 22-25 of the Norton Anthology. After reading, I want you to think about the relevance of Descartes’ idea “Cogito, Ergo Sum,” or “I think, therefore I am.” While you are responding, think about the text assigned for our next discussion “Candide” by Voltaire (Norton, 421-482) which you should be reading concurrently. (Feel free to discuss Candide in your response if you would like.) For this response, we are going to do something a little different. I would like each of you to send it to a classmate by Friday at noon for peer-review, proofing and editing. The goal here is the thinking: thinking about your words, your classmate’s words, and collaborating to make each piece be better. I would like a final, then sent to me by Monday at 9am along with a brief evaluation of what you gleaned from the collaborative process.
Here are your pairs:
Aleksandra/Oksana
Winnie/Ivanna
Marianna/Qingyuan
Amanda/Tamjid/Nazia*
Karen/Eleni
Joan/Danny
Warren/Polina
Angela/Maxx
Taff/Raymond
Felipe/Yishuang
*Group of three, you need only respond to one person’s essay though you can feel free to share among your group.