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An especially memorable and useful piece of advice from one of my professors was to picture writing from the perspective of an airplane rather than a bicycle. Writing as though I am viewing my paper from above helped me to articulate and emphasize the main points, instead of getting lost in the details of the narrative. One might enjoy everything…[Read more]

An especially memorable and useful piece of advice from one of my professors was to picture writing from the perspective of an airplane rather than a bicycle. Writing as though I am viewing my paper from above helped me to articulate and emphasize the main points, instead of getting lost in the details of the narrative. One might enjoy everything…[Read more]

As a WAC fellow at Baruch, I will be working in the English Department on projects related to two large undergraduate programs: Great Works of World Literature and First-year Writing. These are major courses in the General Education core at Baruch, and my initiatives will include: a new website for both programs; digital platforms for student…[Read more]

CORC 3208 Comparative Studies in Cultures and Transformation
Fall 2013
Professor James J. A. Blair

ORIGINAL ASSIGNMENT

Final Exam
Take-home
30% of total grade

Due December 12th by noon in my office: James Hall 3301G
We will not have class that day, but you must hand in your paper in person, not by e-mail.

Choose one of the following questions.…[Read more]