Doing homework faithfully is meant to be a discipline.
Homework questions are also the basis for discussion in the
following
class.
(1) Homework answers should be brief essays -- no less than
1/2 page; no more than one page. At the start, the essay
questions
will always be from The Kin of Ata. After finishing the Kin of
Ata,
questions will come from Plato’s Dialogues. Later still, from
Aristotle's
Nicomachean Ethics.
(2) Suppose a real life situation arises for you -- one
relevant
to your study of this material. You may write about this as
a
“Wild Card” entry in place of one of the questions asked. Label
as
such and show how you are using ancient philosophy in relation to the
situation.
(You still must answer 2 of the 3 assigned questions.)
(3) The homework answers will be collected at the end of each class. Each day’s homework is worth 3/4 of a point; the last assignment is worth one point. Over the semester, you can earn 16 points -- one and a half letter grades! -- just by faithfully doing your daily work. ASSIGNMENTS HANDED IN LATE WILL GAIN NO CREDIT; the only exception is when you were not in class because of an excused absence.
(4) Please Title each set of homework questions as below: e.g.
Assignment
A (for Tuesday Feb. 6th).
Please TYPE, PROOFREAD AND STAPLE pages of your homework
together!
May our work
together enlighten
our minds and enkindle our hearts.
FALL SEMESTER 2004
-- HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
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