Because it’s drawing near the end of long school year, and because I think all of you have an argument — or advocacy, if you prefer that word — inside of you, you have some real license and flexibility in your Op-Eds. The only things to keep in mind:
- Be brave. Don’t play it safe. Take a stand on something you care about and that you want us to care about. No bullshitting. We’ll work in a bullshit-free zone, like we deserve.
- Persuade us, don’t “prove”
- It can be an exploratory essay, if you prefer, where you are trying to figure something out, and as readers, we get to watch over your shoulder.
- We’re not married to the text essay: if you want to produce an audio essay feel free; if you want to create a remix, feel free; if you want to propose an alternative format, feel free.
Options:
- A persuasive Op-Ed essay based on your Contextual Analysis topic — 750 words +/- — or, as we brainstormed in class today:
- “This is Water”: A Syllabus — this one won’t be an essay, obviously — it’ll be a syllabus
- Why I Hate the New York Times
- Can you be a good person and a capitalist?
- How Are You? No, Really — How Are You?
- A Letter From a Millennial to Generation X.
Have another idea for argument/advocacy/persuasion you want to run by me? Email me!