Fox River Grove Case
Read the following accident report about a fatal collision between a school
bus and a train in Illinois. When you are finished, respond with your thoughts
in the quick-write form at the bottom of this page.
Fox River Grove Accident Report
(.pdf, acrobat reader required)
quick-write 3
A quick-write is a writing exercise meant to free your thinking and writing
and to get some discourse going about a topic. To do it, think about the
Fox Rive Grove case, and your reactions to the way it was handled relative
to the concepts from the 'conceptualize' submodule. Try to draw parallels
between how the events occured, and how similar events have ocurred in your
world.
Then open a word-processing document, put your fingers on the keyboard,
and write freely, nonstop, for a specific amount of time - about 5 minutes,
in this case. Do not censor your thoughts or judge your writing. If you
can not think of a precise word or phrase, leave a blank and go on. Whatever
you write will not be criticized or graded. The key is to write continuously
for 5 minutes, while reflecting on the exercise.
When you have finished writing your quick-write in your word-processing
program, spell check, grammar check, save a copy, and then copy and paste
your quick-write into the form provided below.