Assignment Task:
Note: Answers to the questions for this journal entry should be basic and easy for everyone to read
This journal entry is about initial thoughts on the course topic and course questions.
Read the course questions.
For this journal entry:
Write a paragraph or two on your thoughts on the course topic (you have a course topic which is discussed in the Course Syllabus; talk about that course topic, not about English Composition as a whole).
- Is this a topic that interests you?
- Do you think various perspectives will offer interesting insights on the topic?
- What are you hoping to find out as we look at the readings and discuss the questions this semester?
- How would you respond to any of the course questions that you can answer right now without having read the sources we will discuss? (Note: You do not need to answer the course questions for this journal entry, but if you have some preliminary thoughts on one or two of the course questions, you can include those thoughts in this journal entry.)
The course questions are as follows:
- What do different perspectives on consumerism tell you about this concept (for instance, sociological, philosophical, marketing, global)?
- What are the most significant and best-supported claims about consumerism from our sources?
- Is one philosophical approach to consumerism more valid or beneficial than others?
- Do you have your own model or approach to consumerism and if so, what are its parts and what evidence do you have that it is a valid model?
- What would you say to someone who asked you the most important lessons you learned from your reading and reflections on consumerism this semester?