ASSIGNMENT TEN (concluding assignment)

ASSIGNMENT TEN (concluding assignment)

First, without reviewing your previous answers to Assignment One, please answer the Assignment One question again (repeated below). This isn’t a memory test. Even if you do remember much of what you previously wrote in Assignment One, you’re free in this version to make any desired additions, modifications or changes in priority. You’re also free to retain your original answer without changes, if you prefer.

Assignment one (repeated): Please pretend you’re at a retirement banquet. This is a serious and formal occasion, not a “roast.” You know this person well–both inside and outside the workplace. It’s your job to say a few truthful, descriptive words about them. What character or personality traits come to mind?

Question for you to answer: (repeated): Pretend the person retiring is you. In short, we’re asking you to project yourself into the future and to identify at least five descriptive words you hope others would say about you at a comparable event. By “descriptive words” we mean single words or very short phrases. Please number each descriptive word or phrase and rank them in priority order ( #1 = the most important to you).

Second, Please review your previous answers to Assignment One. Contrast them with your answers to this concluding Assignment.

Two questions for you to answer now:

[a] Briefly identify any notable differences between your previous answers to Assignment One and your answers to this concluding assignment. “Notable differences” would include a change in priority of answers.

[b] Please identify any Seminar ideas, readings, or exercises that help account for those differences. How did they influence your thinking?