This I Believe
2008 March 11
I’ve been talking to my students about writing a personal belief statement. This is a first exercise that they will incorporate into writing philosophical position statements later in the semester.
We’re using NPR’s This I Believe as a starting point.
I’ve written a belief statement for tomorrow’s class. I’ve also recorded it as a podcast that you can listen to.
Read .pdf document here.
List to MP3 here.
I’ve heard of a few essays on that very series on NPR and it’s very good… so it’s needless to say (but still will add on here
) that you are taking things in a very good direction!
I know this is a rather after-the-fact comment, but I think that’s a great idea for your class. I am a huge NPR fan and the This I Believe segment is great. Any update on how this classroom approach turned out?
- Chris B