This is not to be a summary, but rather your reaction to the videos.
Here is a sample.
1. Steve Jobs-How to Live Before You Die
It was amazing to me how similar an innovative a technological genius’s life was to mine. You think of Steve
Jobs as being a genius who probably has a p.h.d in multiple fields of computer science and engineering when
in reality he never even finished college. In the beginning of the speech, Jobs talks about how he dropped out
of college because he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do and he found the required classes useless so he just
decided to sit in on the classes he was interested in. I feel the same way. When I take a required class it is
often boring, uninteresting, and seems useless to me. The only difference is nowadays I know that a college
degree is relatively important and this is the reason I know I cannot dropout. It was also inspiring how jobs
lived his life in the moment as if everyday was his last and saw what seemed like bad things, such as getting
fired, as gifts and used them as an advantage.
The homework assignment is to choose and respond to 9 videos from the following. For each video that you
select, state the name of the video and write a few sentences (4 or more) summarizing your reactions to the
content. This is not to be a summary, but rather your reaction to the material. Additionally, do not include
direct quotes from the videos – all writing should represent your own work.
Note that I am concentrating on content rather than grammar in your summary. Address as many specific
points as possible and refer to material in every video. When submitting the assignment, upload it as an
attachment in doc, docx, or txt format as a single file with all summaries included (no .odt, Mac .pages, or
other file formats are accepted. Additionally, you cannot use OpenOffice to create the .doc, .docx, or .txt file
formats. If you do not have Microsoft Word, use notepad on a PC or use TextEdit on a Mac.) Once your
assignment is submitted to it is also submitted automatically to Turnitin.com to check for plagiarism,
therefore do not copy – not even from your own work turned in to other classes – Plagiarism will result in an
F grade for the class.