self+directed+learning

Self directed learning - Smoking problem

Mr.T chose 8 people to do a mini project about smoking. We had 3 lessons to work on it. The aim of this was trying to get a guy out of going to jail for shooting someone that was smoking in a work place. This is what the task said to do: A non-smoker enters the office where he works and shoots a smoker. He is arrested for murder, but he claims that he shot in self-defence because the smoke from the smoker's cigarettes was going to kill him. The evidence has all been heard and the non-smoker's barrister is summing up for the jury explaining why it was self defence. We had to Write a speech for the Barrister to deliver to the court defending his client on the murder charge. In his speech we had to give as many reasons possible to justify his actions.