Reflective essays

Benjamin, Walter, Reflections Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographi-cal Writings, edited by Peter Demetz (New York Schocken Books, 1986). 

B o O rj o M CO jC 2 goals Student writes reflective essay e.g. Describe, using specific examples, how this course helped you meet your individual learning goals. ... 

Walter Benjamin, Reflections Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings, ed. Peter Demetz, trans. Edmund Jephcott (New York Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978), p. 247. See also Antonio Ribeiro, Karl Kraus and Modernism A Reassessment, in The Turn of the Century I La tournant du siecle Modernism and Modernity in Literature and the Arts / Le modernisme et la modernite dans la litterature et les arts, eds. Christian Berg, Frank Durieux, and Geert Lernout (Berlin and New York De Gruyter, 1995), pp. 143-54. 

In May 1968 he completed the essay Reflections on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence, and Intellectual... 

I. Mieck. Reflections on a Typology of Historical Pollution Complementary Conceptions. In The Silent Countdown Essays in European Environmental Efistory. Peter Brimblecombe and Christian Pfister, eds. Berlin Springer-Verlag, 19... 

It is earnest hope of the editors of this collection of essays that it will be the first of many such collections. For one thing, this first collection has drawn almost entirely on the organic aspects of chemistry, reflecting the research interests of the trio of editors. Other areas of chemistry are equally rich in stimulating concepts. We have been most fortunate to have been supported throughout this venture by a group of highly professional technical editors in... 

In recent years, such a variety of dendrimer syntheses have been described in the literature, that they cannot all be mentioned in this essay. Many reviews have been published, reflecting the enormous attention which has been given to dendri-mers.[41 The general architectural and synthetical concepts of dendrimer chemistry can, however, be explained by some important examples. 

Richard Watson, in his Chemical Essays of the 1780s, also reflects contemporary difficulties with finding ways to recognize distinct chemical identities. In an essay on saline bodies, he writes ... 

Interview one or more working engineers at a large corporation and discuss with them the material of this chapter. Ask them to recall specific instances of experiencing the tug-of-war and how they dealt with it. Reflect on whether a different approach might have diffused the tension. Write a short essay discussing the interview and your reflections. 

Consider your own dealings with business majors in college or at work. Recall whether you have experienced the historical inversion discussed. Would you now deal with such encounters differently and how so Write a short essay discussing your recollections and reflections. 

For one or two days, keep an ethics-courtesy log where you record your activities along with a brief analysis of the ethical implications of those activities. Many ordinary activities have an ethical component. Do you reflexively tell the truth, or do you make up little stories Do you use registered software, music, and other intellectual property, or do you download or use copies without cost Are you courteous to others by saying please and thank you, or do you order people around, issuing commands when you want something Write a short essay reflecting on your logging experience and the content of this section. 

Consider a company you admire that also has a code of ethics. In a short essay discuss the code of ethics and the ways in which it reflects or does not reflect what you know about the company. 

H.C. 0rsted, Reflections on the history of chemistry," in K. Jelved, A. Jackson, and O. Knudsen (eds.), Selected Scientific Works of Hans Christian 0rsted (Princeton, 1998), 243-260, on 253. 0rsted s essay was originally published in Danish and also appeared in Journal fur die Chemie und Physik 3 (1807) 194-231. 

Don t get put off by the third requirement. Scorers know you have just 25 minutes to write your essay, so they don t expect perfect grammar and punctuation (although it certainly won t hurt ). They will look for word choices that reflect a strong vocabulary (avoid cliches and slang), variety in sentence structure, and logical development of ideas. We ll go into greater detail about essay specifics in Chapter 3. 

Assignment Consider the two contrasting statements above. Choose the quotation that most closely reflects your viewpoint. Write an essay explaining your choice. To support your view, use an example or examples from history, politics, science and technology, literature, the arts, current events, or your own personal experience and observation. 

E. P. Wigner, City Hall Speech—Stockholm, 1963. InE. P. Wigner, Symmetries and Reflections Scientific Essays. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 1963, pp. 262-263. 

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