Clear Purposes: Daily writing prompts help build the ability to respond to questions, and they help writers get their ideas down. Over the course of time, they build writing fluency and proficiency as well.
Clear Targets: Please give serious consideration to the prompt, doing so will highlight connections in the text we're reading. Please use all of the time provided – keep writing even when you think you're out of ideas. Remember, writing is a thinking process; the more you write, the more you think! Although I do not assess daily writing responses for conventions, use them to practice your skills – try to write in complete sentences (avoid fragments, run-ons, and comma-splices) and develop other good habits (e.g., legible handwriting, capitalization, punctuation).
The Chosen Ethical Dilemmas 2 – Understanding: Empathy
Write as much as possible; use all the time provided. Provide at least three points to support your position
1. Imagine that a parent or an organization you belong to “excommunicates” or otherwise officially disapproves of your best friend and forbids any further contact between you. Would you obey? Why or why not? How would you feel about it? Provide at least three reasons to support your position.
2. Put yourself in Reb Saunders shoes. Imagine that a brother or sister of yours makes friends with one of “THEM” (Perhaps “THEY” are Neo-Nazis, apostate (apikoros), atheists, ultra-conservatives, ultra-liberals, or religious fundamentalists). Would you try to discourage the relationship? Would you tell your parents and try to get them to interfere? What if “THEY” are not members of extreme philosophies, but are simply members of another faith or political party? Where is the line between needing to interfere and discourage or stop a relationship and allowing someone to develop a relationship with “THE OTHER,” with “THEM.”