Homework Assignment: Second Week David Foster Wallace

Welcome to AP Language! To start us off, I would like you to watch the video recreation of the writer David Foster Wallace's 2005 Kenyon College commencement speech "This Is Water." This is only an excerpt---there are complete versions on youtube and a transcript of the speech is printed in our class copy of the Bedford Reader, if you need it. You may need to watch it more than once to understand his purpose and message. After you are done watching this video, I would like you to write a response on a google doc that reveals your thoughts about his answer to one of his central questions: What does it mean to be educated? Quoting specifics will help make your discussion more concrete and insightful. Please submit it using the dropbox on this blog BY FRIDAY, August 23rd. 

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