I thought you might be interested in reading this, since many of you are probably starting to think about which schools to apply to.

Seeking Questions: Post any questions you may have about the admissions process
Guidance Office Advice, Part 1
Guidance Office Advice, Part 2

1. How long should your introduction and your conclusion each be?
2. What is the single most important element of the introduction? Where should this element be placed in the introduction? What form (question or statement) should it take? Why?
3. What should the first sentence of each paragraph be? What form (question or statement) should it be in? What kind of content is inacceptable for the first sentence of each paragraph?
4. How can you make sure that your topic sentence connect to your thesis?
5. How should each paragraph be organised? That is, what are the essential elements of each paragraph?
6. How do you ensure that the argument develop in a paragraph makes logical sense?
7. What kind of examples must you use? What kind of examples must you avoid? What kind of examples should you avoid?

…yes, I’m posting this because I think you should watch non-Hollywood, non-mainstream cinema.

It using some interesting cinematographic techniques, e.g. a blurry image for a part of the film, close-range (rather than wide-shot) image, both to give the viewer an experience of what the protagonist perceived after his stroke. These techniques are unsettling, but ever more powerful because of that.

…sorry, I am not know why the post comes out strange like this. Just click the “Download” link and it will take you to the film’s homepage.

1) We are more likely to be mistaken in our generalizations than in our particular observations.” Do you agree? (May 2003)

2) “What distinguishes Areas of Knowledge from one another is not how ideas are generated, but how they are evaluated.” Do you agree? (May 2003)

3) Can we know something that has not yet been proven true? (May 2004)

4) “This rubber tree won’t yield latex—the biologist blames the sapling, the geologist blames the soil, the contractor blames the unskilled labourer and the owner says it is fighting back at being controlled.” (Amitav Ghosh) If different Ways of Knowing or Areas of Knowledge yield contradictory statements about the world, on what basis do we choose among them? (May 2004)

5) “All of the other Ways of Knowing are controlled by language.” What does this statement mean and do you think it is a fair representation of the relationship between perception, emotion, reason and language? (May 2005)

6) What are the differences between “I am certain” and “it is certain”, and is passionate conviction ever sufficient for justifying knowledge? (May 2005)

Wednesday: Glori/Mario; Dani Viquez
Thursday: Glori, Ana Vic, Dani
Friday: Pierre, Adrian
Mon: Juan, Cata 

G-Period:

Wednesday: Bob, Valeria, Ernesto
Thursday: Joaquín, Clement & Jaime
Friday: Diana & Gloriana
Monday: Kristel & Mariel
Tuesday: Steffan, Constanza & Paola