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MR 30531: What Does It Mean To Live On Less Than $5 A Day?
MR 30531: What Does It Mean To Live On Less Than $5 A Day?
!! Experience Assignment:
What does it mean to live on less than $5 a day? Can you live without your
cellphone, internet connection, public transportation, your Dunkin’ or Starbucks?
For two days, try to live on less than $5 a day.
To encourage you to try living on 5 dollars a day
You will be asked to write two short research papers. Each paper should be between 1,200 and
1,500 words (4-5 pages long) typewritten (12p times new roman), double-spaced, with 1 inch
margins.
To Live On Less Than $5 A Day
➢ As seen above, there are two assignments due in the course of the semester. I suggest you
keep a journal of your experiences and the difficulties you face trying to fulfill that task.
➢ You will then use these difficulties (and journal), to relate your experiences to class readings
specific to each of the assignments. This means drawing on your experience to
validate/critique/comment on ideas and arguments found in class readings.
➢ The assignments suggest that you try to fulfill each assignment. No penalty for failure, or for
not following the requirements to the fullest. The assignment is all about trying what other
people experience in their daily lives.
➢ The first paper is due in class in hardcopy on March 1.
➢ The second paper is due class in hardcopy on April 12.
Formatting and other expectations appear below, and papers failing to meet them will lose
points.
To Live On Less Than $5 A Day
• Papers must have a separate cover page with your name, the paper title, course number,
and date; this is the only place where your name should appear. DO NOT use
headers/footers with your name in them. (up to 10 pts. off)
• The paper’s pages must be numbered. DO NOT number the cover page; p. 1 is the first
page of text, not the cover page. (10 pts. off if no page numbers) Foot/endnotes,
bibliography, charts, appendices, etc., do not count against the page limit.
• Pick one style of citation (e.g. APA, MLA, Chicago) and follow it throughout your paper.
Follow the style when it comes to references inside the text or in footnotes, as well as for
the bibliography. Long quotations are unacceptable. Citation and quotation issues, up to
10 pts. off.
• Gross failure to proofread and correct obvious errors: up to 10 pts. off.
• Persistent grammar and similar errors: up to 5 pts. off per class of error
• Lateness: 10 pts. off per day late
• Your bibliography should reference at least 2 class readings. Up to 5 pts. off.
• Failure to meet page limit, font, spacing, margins. Up to 5 pts. off per error.
• Failure to follow directions (here and elsewhere in this syllabus). Up to 10 pts. off.
• Failure to have a bibliography page: 10 pts. Off
