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2. Education and Expertise 4: Discuss Percy
3. Sign up for next week's individual meetings
Required reading / viewing / listening:
Percy, W. "The loss of the creature."
Homework due:
Reponse paper 7
We will begin discussing Percy's essay by looking at one aspect of it: the distinction between "complex" and "common" approaches, using the figure of the complex traveler visiting the Grand Canyon. Write a brief (250 to 400 words) paper that describes the difference between complex and common approaches as Percy describes them. What would the common traveler see and do at the Grand Canyon? What would a complex traveler see and do?
In-class assessment:
Quiz 7
Evaluate a source using this rubric:
Who, When, Audience, Reasoning, Sources, External evaluations / reviews, "Clues"
