Choose one of the following options:

Option 1

Research and discuss important writing tasks that you will come across in your future jobs.  Argue whether or not you believe that the writing classes one takes at a liberal arts college such as The College of New Jersey help to prepare you for the future writing tasks that your jobs will hold.

Option 2

Choose any teacher or professor that you have now or have had in the past.  Observe their teaching habits and techniques as well as their personality over the course of a few classes.  If you chose a teacher you had in the past, recall their teaching habits, techniques, and personality, and make a short list of points.

Compose an evaluation of the teacher.  To do this, you should first outline what makes a good or bad teacher, and then argue how the teacher you chose fits into these criteria.  Is the teacher a good or bad teacher?  How did you determine this?  Be sure to be specific and use details.

This assignment is meant to be practice for future, professional evaluations.  Do not lose sight of this point.  Be sure to observe and evaluate your teacher as you would a colleague.  See the teacher through the eyes of a peer professional and write your paper accordingly.

Option 3

Pick a movie that is based on a book that you have read and argue which is more entertaining and worthwhile.  Do not choose a book that is based on a movie.  It must be a book that was made into a movie after its publication.  Be sure to include your thoughts on whether the viewing and reading public's creativity is thwarted or enhanced by the rise of the film medium.

Option 4

Interview someone who is a professional in your major.  This person cannot be a relative.  Use this opportunity to connect with someone who is in the field you are interested in.  Describe how the person spends a typical day.  Summarize the career and answer whether you think you would like his/her position as a future career.  Argue why or why not.

Option 5

Find a new technology product in your major field that will be coming out in the future and discuss how it will affect people's lives.  Will lives be improved by the innovation, or will the quality of life deteriorate?