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Why do you have to take a final exam?
Final Exam Dates:
May 11-13
About the Departmental Final Exam
The final exam will ask students to use two readings (the final exam readings) to support the thesis-driven essay that they write in response to a question. The departmental final is a 3-day module in Blackboard.
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1. Read “College Students: School is Not Your Job” by Jonathan Malesic
2. Complete Conversation 5.
3. Read “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action” by Audre Lorde
4. Class discussion and individual writing.
5. Good luck with the final exam!
Unit 5 Packet will be distributed in class and is also available here.
Supplemental materials:
- “Is College Worth It?” The Daily (podcast) with guest Paul Tough on 20 Sept 2023
- “Thinking Leisure is a ‘Waste of Time’ Can Worsen Your Mental Health” by Sarah Simon on Very Well Heath, 3 September 2021
- “Understanding the Barriers College Students Face to Healthy Leisure Activities” by Aaron Wagner (Penn State based), 17 October 2023