Spring 2010 Readings Essay 4

Below you'll find a list of suggested readings for our final essay.

You could also use some of the essays on education from our first assignment as well (many deal with writing and "what you should know"). You can also cite from other sources from the databases on the library link, other essays we've read this semester, or other texts. And you can "quote" yourself or I&C as well.

What Corporate America Cannot Build: A Sentence
Sam Dillon. New York Times. Dec 7, 2004.
Great essay on why we need to learn to write clearly

What's Wrong With Writing
Lewis Beale. New York Times May 25, 2003.

Donald Murray "The Maker's Eye"

Michael Kinsley "The Intellectual Free Lunch"

How Accurate are Your Pet Pundits
How accurate is our media -- and why?

Willpower is best used with care
On the power of willpower in higher education -- and how to best use it
Cordelia Fine | June 14, 2006
The Australian

The Expert Mind July, 2006 By Philip E. Ross Scientific American
Thinkers are made, not born