AN ANTROPOLOGIST N MARS: SEVEN PARATOXICAL TALES

BOOK : An anthropologist from mars, Seven Paradoxical Tales by Oliver Sacks (Pdf book online) Response Paper Questions1-Describe Sacks’ method of investigation. What are his reasons for approaching his investigations in this way? How does he “discover” the individuals discussed in the essays? Are the people he studies “patients” or “subjects” or both? How does “disease” affect the ways in which individuals know and understand themselves? How has reading these essays informed your understanding of such concepts as “normality” and “handicap”? Essay Writing Guidelines:All essays will be written in type 12 size, Times New Roman font, will be double-spaced and stapled together. No excuses. You will also have plenty of time for all of these pieces and will not get any extensions. All papers will be due in class on the date given or by midnight the next day via E-mail.CUNY Policy on Plagiarism:Plagiarism is the act of presenting another person’s ideas, research or writings as your own. The following are some examples of plagiarism, but by no means is it an exhaustive list: Copying another person’s actual words without the use of quotation marks and footnotes attributing the words to their source. Presenting another person’s ideas or theories in your own words without acknowledging the source. Using information that is not common knowledge without acknowledging the source. Failing to acknowledge collaborators on homework and laboratory assignments. Internet Plagiarism includes submitting downloaded term papers or parts of term papers, paraphrasing or copying information from the Internet without citing the source, and “cutting and pasting” from various sources without proper attribution. Plagiarism carries a range of penalties commensurate with severity of the infraction. The instructor may, for example, require the work to be redone, reduce the course grade, fail the student in the course, or refer the case to the Faculty-Student Disciplinary Committee. Cases referred to that committee could result in suspension or expulsion from the college.