Overheard
at the caf:
Jeff: Aw, man, did you see this syllabus? We gotta do a research
paper!
Bryan: Yeah, 8-10 pages. Whatcha gonna do yours on?
Jeff: I dunno, man, somethin'. What about you?
Bryan: Well, I'm not sure, but that stuff we talked about today
in class, I thought it was pretty interesting, kinda hit me where I live,
you know? Might try to do somethin' on that.
Jeff: Sounds cool. Wonder what I'm gonna do.
Bryan: You'll think of somethin', man. Hey, you gonna eat that?
Jeff: Get outta my food!
Questions
to consider:
- Neither
of these students has done any research yet. Who's got a better start
on their paper? Why?
- Does it
make a difference if Bryan cares about his topic or not?
- Is Bryan
a total geek for thinking that class was interesting?
