A. Describe a place that made a real impact on you. Explain what you learned about yourself or about life by contemplating that place or making a transformative journey. Think of White’s “Once More to the Lake” as your model. B. In “Dumpster Diving,” Lars Eighner is able to extrapolate a positive message about people who participate in a socially unacceptable activity. Think of an unusual or unpleasant activity, or an outcast group of people, and describe what positive values or lessons it/they can teach us. C. Think about how much more Barbara Ehrenreich appreciates the low-wage work of servers after her experiences doing their jobs. Describe a similar experience you had walking in someone elses shoes and what you learned from it. D. In Chimamanda N. Adichie’s “To My One Love,” she describes a person who made a big impact on her life. Describe a person who has made a big impact upon your life. What did you learn from this person and their story? E. In Serving in Florida, Barbara Ehrenreich describes the many ways in which low-wage restaurant work breaks people down. Describe your worst job, what made it so bad, what you learned from it, and how you dealt with it. F. Virginia Woolf observes the moth’s struggle and then derives a life lesson from it. Think of someone you have seen struggle. Describe the person’s struggle and what you learned from how he or she dealt with life’s challenges. Or, you may discuss a grueling struggle you have been through in your own life and what you learned from it
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