Class

1. Who was the youngest
president?
A. Barack Obama
B. Ulysses S. Grant
C. Bill Clinton
D. John F. Kennedy
E. Theodore Roosevelt
47 years, 5 months, 16 days
46 years, 10 months, 5 days
46 years, 5 months, 1 days
43 years, 7 months, 22 days
42 years, 10 months, 18 days

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4. Free write—write without picking up your pen or pencil until I
say stop. Do not worry about grammar, spelling, or
sounding silly. Start with the prompt and go where your
mind takes you.
Prompt:
 Consider the following passage: “Tim Tully already has [a
drug] in the works. If marketed, the drug could be used
within twenty-four hours of a trauma, and it would delete
your memory of the trauma, along with whatever else
happened that day. Such a drug could be used for survivors
of terrible events, terrorist bombings, plane crashes, vicious
personal attacks” (Slater 220).
 Should we allow Tully and other pharmaceutical companies
to continue to pursue such a drug?
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6.  Get into groups of five
 Compare discussion
questions
 Choose the best one and
discuss

9.  If we knew we could live to see our children’s
children’s children’s children, would we say
yes? And in saying yes, would we not lose
what it means to be human, birth and death
giving our lives some shape? Stay immortal
forever?

10.  “Kandel’s little red pill and wonder if soon we
will be able to undo not only aging, but death
itself, would we want it?” (Slater 221).
 Do you believe this idea is going too far, where
humans are finding ways to go further than
just where a regular human has been?

11.  “He had touched the tissue of memory, which
was not spiritual or mythical in its essence.
Memory was flesh” (Slater ).
 Can memory really be considered flesh?

12.  “No science, in any field, has yet to deliver us
from our own flesh” (Slater 222).
 Do you think science will learn about our brain
100 percent?

13.  “Memory makes us who we are. Those who
forget the past are condemned to repeat it.
Memory is narrative giving continuity and
meaning to our existence” (Slater 216).
 Do you really think our memories make us
who we are and if we lose some of our memory
we will repeat our past or do something similar
to it?

14. Due Thursday, April 23 at 11:55 p.m.:
 Post to the weekly discussion on Moodle
Due Sunday, April 26 at 11:55 p.m.:
 Rough draft of Essay #4 is due to Turnitin
 Respond to at least two students in the Moodle
discussion
Due Tuesday, April 28 at the beginning of class:
 Read “Chipped” (Chapter 10 of Opening Skinner’s Box)
and come to class prepared to discuss and complete
the Metacognitive Reading Log
Due Tuesday, April 28 at 11:55 p.m.:
 Two peer reviews are due to Turnitin