| Week | Date | Class | Assignment or Comments |
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1 |
Monday: Aug 30, 2004 | Opening Convo Aug 31 | |
| Wednesday: Sep 1, 2004 | General Introduction
don't forget Activities at 8 p.m. at Funkhouser |
Questions on Challenges of College Life to be turned in on Friday | |
| Friday: Sep 3, 2004 | Transition to College Challenges
Discussion and Reading Test
BRING REFLECTIVE JOURNAL TO CLASS ALWAYS |
Assignment 1 two parts: 1) prioritizing transition issues, 2) reading and reflection on Douglas and Franklin's essays. Turn in 3x5 card Monday | |
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2 |
Monday: Sep 6, 2004 Labor Day | Transition to College BRING REFLECTIVE JOURNAL TO CLASS | Sep 7 Last Day to Add Class |
| Wednesday: Sep 8, 2004 | C.S. Lewis on the Liberal Arts Discussion | SEE YOU AT CONVO TOMORROW | |
| Friday: Sep 10, 2004 | CONVO Discussion and Arrange
Transportation
Aristotle -- first two paragraphs of the Nicomachean Ethics |
REMEMBER Initial Reflective Essays Due on MONDAY | |
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3 |
Monday: Sep 13, 2004 | Augustine Reading -- Critical Thinking | Pick up IREs |
| Wednesday: Sep 15, 2004 | Discussion of Aristotle/Augustine | ||
| Friday: Sep 17, 2004 | Protagoras #1 Discussion | Library #1 Assignment | |
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4 |
Monday: Sep 20, 2004 | Protagoras #2 Discussion | 3x5 The Question of God Pt 1 due also Protagoras #2 Read Protagoras #3 |
| Wednesday: Sep 22, 2004 | Protagoras #3 Discussion and Begin Reading The Meaning of It All -- Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist by Richard P. Feynman 1st Reading is The Uncertainty of Science | Library #1 Due | |
| Friday: Sep 24, 2004 | Discussion of Critical Questions and Summary Discussion of Protagoras | 3x5 The Question of God Pt 2 due also | |
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5 |
Monday: Sep 27, 2004 | The Question of God DISCUSSION
Reading The Meaning of It All -- Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist by Richard P. Feynman 2nd Reading is The Uncertainty of Values |
3x5 The Uncertainty of Science due |
| Wednesday: Sep 29, 2004 | Discussion of The Uncertainty of
Science possible additional discussion of The Question of God
Reading The Meaning of It All -- Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist by Richard P. Feynman 3nd Reading is This Unscientific Age |
3x5 The Uncertainty of Values due | |
| Friday: Oct 1, 2004 | VIDEO Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers on The Hero's Journey Pick Up Reflective Journals | 3x5 This Unscientific Age and begin
reading The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis -- Men Without Chests
HOMECOMING WKND |
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6 |
Monday: Oct 4, 2004 | MOVIE #1: Chariots of Fire | Return Reflective Journals
Read The Abolition of Man -- The Way |
| Wednesday: Oct 6, 2004 | Community Service Fair in KCC Lounge 8:30 until noon -- prepare 3x5 cards on three Service Learning Opportunities and turn in on Friday | Read The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis | |
| Friday: Oct 8, 2004 | DISCUSSION on Chariots of Fire and The Meaning of It All | 3x5 pick up on Men Without Chests and 3x5 pick up on The Way | |
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7 |
Monday: Oct 11, 2004 | FALL BREAK | |
| Wednesday: Oct 13, 2004 | Additional DISCUSSION of The Meaning of It All and First DISCUSSION on The Abolition of Man (Discuss Men Without Chests) | 3x5 pick up on The Abolition of Man also pick up Hero's Journey Assignment | |
| Friday: Oct 15, 2004 | PARTY PLANNING Brant is attendance maven and Stephanie is chief Facilitator (SURVEY FOLKS coming from Stacey Pauley's ENG 300 Class) | Mid-Term Grades Due | |
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8 |
Monday: Oct 18, 2004 | MOVIE #2 Mark Twain Tonight | |
| Wednesday: Oct 20, 2004 | DISCUSSION Mark Twain Tonight and Abolition of Man (as possible) | Read Orthodoxy INTRODUCTION | |
| Friday: Oct 22, 2004 | FURTHER DISCUSSION Abolition of Man (Debate) | LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WP Assigned -- Read Orthodoxy The Maniac | |
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9 |
Monday: Oct 25, 2004 | View and Discussion of "Winning the War of Ideas" | Read Orthodoxy The Suicide of Thought |
| Wednesday: Oct 27, 2004 | Reflection Using Initial Readings of Orthodoxy as an Example | Ready Orthodoxy The Ethics of Elfland | |
| Friday: Oct 29, 2004 | Discussion of Orthodoxy (So Far ...) | Read Orthodoxy The Flag of the World | |
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10 |
Monday: Nov 1, 2004 | MOVIE #3 The Green Mile | |
| Wednesday: Nov 3, 2004 | DISCUSSION The Green Mile and Orthodoxy and Thinking | Read Orthodoxy The Paradox of Christianity | |
| Friday: Nov 5, 1004 | More On Thinking ... last minute
party prep
FIRST ADVENTURE DUE |
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WP/WF Assigned -- Read Orthodoxy The Eternal Revolution | |
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11 |
Monday: Nov 8, 2004 | PARTY AT Brant's | Read Orthodoxy The Romance of Orthodoxy |
| Wednesday: Nov 10, 2004 | DISCUSSION Orthodoxy The Eternal Revolution and The Romance of Orthodoxy | Ready Orthodoxy Authority and the Adventurer | |
| Friday: Nov 12, 2004 | PICK UP REFLECTIVE JOURNALS | ||
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12 |
Monday: Nov 15, 2004 | MOVIE #4 A Beautiful Mind 6:30 p.m. McKinney 100 POPCORN | |
| Wednesday: Nov 17, 2004 | What Is Truth? Mortimer Adler | ||
| Friday: Nov 19, 2004 | DRAFT OF REFLECTIVE ESSAY | ||
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13 |
Monday: Nov 22, 2004 | Reflection as a Lifetime Practice | |
| Wednesday: Nov 24, 2004 | THANKSGIVING | THANKSGIVING | |
| Friday: Nov 26, 2004 | THANKSGIVING | THANKSGIVING | |
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14 |
Monday: Nov 29, 2004 | SECOND ADVENTURE DUE | |
| Wednesday: Dec 1, 2004 | Discussion | ||
| Friday: Dec 3, 2004 | FINAL REFLECTIVE ESSAY DUE Discussion | ||
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15 |
Monday: Dec 6, 2004 | Summing Up and a Challenge | |
| Wednesday: Dec 8, 2004 | AFTER ACTION REPORT and PARTY | Last Day of Classes | |
| Friday: Dec 10, 2004 | FINAL EXAMS BEGIN |