Week Thirteen Assignment

Everyone listens to music, some perhaps more than others.  I absolutely love music...most every genre.  My first love is classic R&B and Motown music...it is what my mom listened to when I was a kid and I still thoroughly enjoy listening, especially to Sam Cooke.  I am a huge AC/DC fan.  My kids bought me an AC/DC mug for mother's day a couple of years ago.  My head starts banging anytime I hear "Highway to Hell" or "Thunderstruck".  I think Angus Young is the best damn guitarist in heavy metal.  I love rap...especially the stuff from my generation (after all hip hop really took off in the 80s when I was a teenager --I remember Will Smith as part of  DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince way before he was a movie star and Queen Latifah as a rapper before she  was a talk show host).  I am a huge Public Enemy fan (I still have the first cassette I bought of their Yo!Bum Rush the Show album) and I love Run D.M.C.  I clearly prefer East Coast rap. I also enjoy jazz music (in fact, I am listening to my Diana Krall station on Pandora right now).  Music not only makes our lives enjoyable; it makes our lives meaningful. 
I want you to select the top ten songs that represent your life, so don't just focus on what you are currently listening to, but also what you loved in the past.  Along with listing your life playlist, you will need to explain why you choose each song on this playlist (a detailed explanation...not a "just because I like it" explanation).

Week Twelve Assignment

Since as a Composition course, our focus is on skill building not necessarily memorizing content.  I want you to answer the following questions:

By the time you leave college, what are the top five skills you wish to gain?  Be sure to elaborate on what they are. Then explain why you wish to gain each of  these particular skills. (Remember they are skills NOT knowledge of your field/major!)