As per the syllabus, you are expected to attend, talk/write, and do group presentations for participation points. Every week you are expected to talk in class at least once, or post notes/reflections on the discussion board.
This paper is your final “participation” obligation. Write a paper answering the following questions in your own words (not argumentative paper, quotations are not required.)
Regardless of the title of this class — Describe, in your own words, what this class was about. What are the main themes or the one overriding theme?
What was your favorite reading or topic? Why?
What was your least favorite reading or topic? Why?
We discussed some controversial and sensitive topics. Did you find new reasons for a strong opinion on these topics? And did you learn reasons why the “other side” believes what they believe?
What is one topic on which you changed your mind? a. If so, what most affected you — was it the reading, the class discussion, the lecture, the disputation writing that most changed your mind? b. If not, what was the one topic that most challenged you?