Sunday, March 31, 2013

Blog #11



When choosing topics to be used in an educational environment, it is good to avoid topics that are controversial or offensive. Using discretion during the topic selection process removes any chance of a topic being used that is not politically correct. In my opinion, this is why teachers have to ban or avoid certain topics when giving assignments to their students. Only having a few topics for the students to choose from, the teacher can easily grade the papers without having to check a large amount of information and resources. I think that as grown adults taking college classes we should be able to choose whatever topic we want. If a student can choose a topic based on personal interest, the student would be excited and eager to complete the assignment. I have a difficult time finding information and resources during the writing process when given a topic that I have no personal interest in. This also causes a lack of motivation to do the assignment and usually causes me to rush through the paper. A possible solution would be to broaden the variety of topics a student is allowed to choose from. By doing this, there will be a better chance that the students could choose a topic they find interesting. A larger variety of topics would also keep the unwanted and controversial subjects from being used in a student’s paper. Having a topic chosen for me also relieves me of the time and stress of having to find a topic on my own.

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