This semester I gave the students in my First Year Seminar an assignment to write a This I Believe essay modeled on the National Public Radio Series of the same name. We read and listened to quite few NPR essays. Im guessing that a fair number of Commonwealers have enjoyed the NPR series, which can be found here. If you have a favorite essay, let the rest of us know about it.If you are interested in hearing the essays of a fairly typical group of first-year college students, my students essays can be found here.