In Which a Student Single-Handedly Destroys the Entire Project of Higher Education
The Course: SSCI 102: Reading and Writing in the Social Sciences.
The Content: Survey of contemporary, peer-reviewed social science articles and monographs; discussion of basic research methods and analytical skills useful to the various social sciences.
The Assignment: Produce a 750-1000 word review of a scholarly book from any of the social science disciplines.
The Submission: A review of Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom.
I suppose it’s to this student’s credit that he chose not to review Big Russ and Me.