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—Send me an email introducing yourself<\/strong>.\u00a0 Where are you from?\u00a0 What are your interests? What people have been important influences on you?\u00a0 Why do you want to be an engineer?\u00a0 \u00a0What is your favorite book?\u00a0 Where do you hope to be in ten years from now?<\/p>\n —Read the following short pieces<\/strong>: \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n William James, Habit<\/a>\u00a0 William James, is considered one of the founders of psychology as an academic discipline and he wrote this piece <\/span>over 125 years ago.\u00a0 Do you think it still has validity?\u00a0 Can you see evidence of its age? (And perhaps of James’s classism and racism?)\u00a0 Do you have any experience that would lead you to support or refute James?\u00a0 What are some important habits you can cultivate in your time as a student?<\/p>\n William Cronon, “Only Connect…”\u00a0 The Goals of a Liberal Education<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a>Do you think the “goals of a liberal education” are important ones for an engineer?\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 How does one become liberally educated?\u00a0 \u00a0As you think about the NCSU engineering curriculum, do you think it has as a goal to make you liberally educated?<\/p>\n