Article of the Week #5 What Motivates You?

As we get ready to voraciously feed from the novel, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger I thought about the protagonist Holden Caufield. He spends the entire novel trying to find himself, but he does so through other people. He looks at himself through the eyes of people be believes that are worthy (well, not always, but we'll get into that later).

So, in light of this profound revelation I began to wonder-who has influenced you the student, the person that stands before me each and every day with the exception of Wednesdays since we don't meet on---well you get the point.

In CQT format please tell me:
                           1. How has one person (your peer or elder) influenced you in a positive way?
                           2. What would you tell others about this person?
                           3. How has knowing this person changed your life in a real way?
                           4. Why has this person made an impact on your life?

You do have to know the person--as in talked to them face to face on more than one occasion (since you'll be using what they told you as your quotes for "Q" part of the paper).  I know I gave you four options above, but I wasn't sure if you might need an extra one in case you didn't like one; so there it is my gift to you an extra option.

The CQT form is due on Thursday, November 18th; please be prepared to share and discuss how different types of people have motivated us to do better in our own lives. I think like Holden, we (humanity) look to others to see how we are judged so that we can get to know ourselves a little better. Funny isn't it that we often have to look outside of ourselves in order to see who it is we really are.

Happy Writing!