discussion forum week 1
I need you write two posts and each one about 300 words.
Discussion Forum: Week 1 – Group 3
We cover a lot of material this week so there are many topics that you might want to discuss. Here are a few suggestions, but by all means please initiate your own discussions (as long as they are related to the topics discussed this week):
- There has been a lot of discussion about regulating markets (e.g., financial markets). What are your opinions about the role of government in an economy?
- Where do you stand on the issue of climate change and sustainable development?
- Can you recall a situation where you were faced with an ethical dilemma?
- China has emerged as a powerful economy and political player. What are your thoughts about China and some its questionable practices (e.g., censorship, human rights violations, currency manipulation etc.)?
- What are your career aspirations? What are your goals and priorties? Make money? Have a meaningful career?
IMPORTANT: GUIDELINES FOR DISCUSSION FORUM
Here is the requirment of the discussion forum
weekly discussion forum
What is the purpose of the discussion forum and how will I be
graded?
The main purpose of the weekly discussion forum is for students to ENGAGE WITH EACH OTHER in
meaningful and respectful discussions. Each week, I will suggest a few topics to discuss even though I
would much rather see you come up with topics that YOU would enjoy discussing with each other. To
keep the discussions manageable, we assign each student to a group of about 15 students.
PARTICIPATION in these weekly discussion foums is also an important part of your grade. Here are the
guidelines that we use to grade you:
ï‚· We expect at least two posts/replies each week. To spread the posts out over the week, we
expect each student to have AT LEAST ONE POST/REPLY BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT and then AT LEAST ONE
MORE POST/REPLY BETWEEN THURSDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
 Your posts/replies in each of these two time periods (Mon – Wed, Thurs – Sun) will be graded as
follows:
o 0 POINTS: You fail to make a post/reply on time.
o 1 POINT: You write a few sentences that are not terribly original and appear to be written
to fulfill the requirement.
o 2 POINTS: You write a substantial post/reply (exceeding two or three sentences) that
outlines an interesting idea, contributes in meaningful ways to the group discussion and
that is well written.
ï‚· Therefore the MAXIMUM that you can achieve each week is 4 POINTS.
ï‚· While each discussion forum will stay open beyond the deadline of your posts/replies (so that
you can continue your discussions if you wish), we will ignore any posts after Sunday of a given
week.