Please listen to the full episode (i.e. parts 1 & 2).
https://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/378577902/how-to-become-batman
Reading-Writing Assignment (RWA) #3
Minimum length: 250 words
In this assignment, I’d like you to write two paragraphs, one for each of the questions below:
1) In “How To Become Batman,” podcasters Alex Spiegel and LuLu Miller disrupt common sense assumptions about blindness. How, exactly, do they use scientific thinking or processes to challenge conventional wisdom about this subject?
Possible template for beginning paragraph 1:
This podcast uses _________________________ to prove ____________________…
2) In your experience, how does your discipline question common sense assumptions through similar means? Please provide a specific example, perhaps of something your course of study made you rethink or understand differently.
Possible template for beginning paragraph 2:
Much like the podcast offered by Spiegel and Miller, scholarship in my major challenges common sense by ______________________. For instance, _______________________________…
