Here are some of the links that connect to our discussion of the individual vs. the community:
1.http://atheistethicist.blogspot.com/2009/01/individual-vs-community.html
2.http://www.cincinnatifriends.org/groups/Woolman/Individual%20vs%20Community.pdf
3.http://www.boloji.com/opinion/0062.htm
4.http://discover-your-mind.co.uk/7a-individual%20and%20community.htm
5.http://lutheransurrealism.blogspot.com/2009/07/poets-rights-vs-community-rights.html
6.http://freedomkeys.com/collectivism.htm
7.http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/759501/the_individual_versus_the_masses.html?cat=9
8.http://smu.edu/fsl/GreekLeadership/classfiles/ind_vs_comm.pdf.pdf
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Individual Vs. Community 1
Read the posting that is connected to the link below. After reading, decide whether or not you agree with the author. In short, what do you think the individual's role in the community should look like?
http://koios.vox.com/library/post/the-individual-vs-the-community.html
http://koios.vox.com/library/post/the-individual-vs-the-community.html
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Final HAL 1 Extra Credit: Due February 3, 2010
(WORTH 20 POINTS)
Our recent conversations about the American Dream and our close analysis of the Sherman Alexie text (he is a guy), have led me to consider ways that perception plays an important role in our society. As a matter of fact, I might venture to say that perception plays an equally vital role in the world. A misguided perception of a person's motives can end a relationship; a flawed perception of another country can cause a war.
Being mindful of the multilayered nature of perception and its power, read and analyze the following texts (beware of the grammatical errors within one of the texts):
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2627795/your_perception_is_your_reality_pg3.html?cat=5
http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/meditations/perception-vs-reality/
After reading the pieces (they're both blogs on a different sites), respond in our blogspot posting with the following:
1. Approximately 100 words about a time when perception caused conflict for you and/or someone else you know.
2. Another 100 word response that connects your experience to some of the major ideas presented in both readings.
Our recent conversations about the American Dream and our close analysis of the Sherman Alexie text (he is a guy), have led me to consider ways that perception plays an important role in our society. As a matter of fact, I might venture to say that perception plays an equally vital role in the world. A misguided perception of a person's motives can end a relationship; a flawed perception of another country can cause a war.
Being mindful of the multilayered nature of perception and its power, read and analyze the following texts (beware of the grammatical errors within one of the texts):
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2627795/your_perception_is_your_reality_pg3.html?cat=5
http://www.unlimitedchoice.org/blog/meditations/perception-vs-reality/
After reading the pieces (they're both blogs on a different sites), respond in our blogspot posting with the following:
1. Approximately 100 words about a time when perception caused conflict for you and/or someone else you know.
2. Another 100 word response that connects your experience to some of the major ideas presented in both readings.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Extra Credit 2: Due Friday, December 11th by 9am
1. Read the article of the link below:
http://www.jhunewsletter.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=3ac66193-a48e-49fc-b8fd-281f25361092
2. In 200-300 words, discuss what your opinion is. Make sure you cite the reading from the above link and at least two other sources we have read this year. Be sure to consider whether or not you fully agree with the author. Some questions to consider (these are not the only questions):
http://www.jhunewsletter.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=3ac66193-a48e-49fc-b8fd-281f25361092
2. In 200-300 words, discuss what your opinion is. Make sure you cite the reading from the above link and at least two other sources we have read this year. Be sure to consider whether or not you fully agree with the author. Some questions to consider (these are not the only questions):
- Even though our poor are not as impoverished as other countries, does it mean the American Dream is still thriving?
- Is the American Dream available to everyone?
- Do you agree with the author of the above opinion article? Disagree? Agree with reservations? Disagree with reservations?
- What solutions do you propose?
Extra Credit 1: Due Friday, December 11th by 9am
1. Read the article of the link below:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-sullivan7-2009nov07,0,5025811.story
2. In 200-300 words, discuss what your opinion is. Make sure you cite the opinion article (at least twice) and any other sources you might research to support your opinion (hint: if you use an outside resource, it might strengthen your grade).
3. Make sure you pay attention to grammar, punctuation, and appropriate citing procedures.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-sullivan7-2009nov07,0,5025811.story
2. In 200-300 words, discuss what your opinion is. Make sure you cite the opinion article (at least twice) and any other sources you might research to support your opinion (hint: if you use an outside resource, it might strengthen your grade).
3. Make sure you pay attention to grammar, punctuation, and appropriate citing procedures.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Homework Due 10/20/09 (considered on-time up until midnight)
Hello students:
I'm hoping that these blog posts, in conjunction with your classroom reading and discussions, are allowing you to obtain a better picture of the ways that the United States still has issues of slavery and oppression today. Below is the homework that is due Tuesday night:
1. Read the last two sections of the following link: http://www.asian-nation.org/racism.shtml.Those sections are entitled "The Formation of Solidarity," and "The Definition of Cruel and Unusual Punishment."
2. Respond to both pieces in one post of 100 words, just as you did with the previous postings. Consider your thoughts, feelings, opinions, similarities to the Gaines text, connections to discussions, and parallels to other topics we've mentioned in the past.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
I know some of you have been bummed about missing tutorials for two weeks. Fear not! Tutorials will return the week of the 26th. In fact, we will hold them on the 26th and 28th as well as twice the following week. Project presentations will be pushed to the final week as well :).
Also, this upcoming week (the 19th-23rd) will go as follows:
Monday: Reading Gaines and projects in the lab
Tuesday: Reading Gaines and current events
Wednesday: Reading Gaines & Projects
Thursday: Reading Gaines & Current Events
Friday: Finish Gaines & Current Events
I'm hoping that these blog posts, in conjunction with your classroom reading and discussions, are allowing you to obtain a better picture of the ways that the United States still has issues of slavery and oppression today. Below is the homework that is due Tuesday night:
1. Read the last two sections of the following link: http://www.asian-nation.org/racism.shtml.Those sections are entitled "The Formation of Solidarity," and "The Definition of Cruel and Unusual Punishment."
2. Respond to both pieces in one post of 100 words, just as you did with the previous postings. Consider your thoughts, feelings, opinions, similarities to the Gaines text, connections to discussions, and parallels to other topics we've mentioned in the past.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
I know some of you have been bummed about missing tutorials for two weeks. Fear not! Tutorials will return the week of the 26th. In fact, we will hold them on the 26th and 28th as well as twice the following week. Project presentations will be pushed to the final week as well :).
Also, this upcoming week (the 19th-23rd) will go as follows:
Monday: Reading Gaines and projects in the lab
Tuesday: Reading Gaines and current events
Wednesday: Reading Gaines & Projects
Thursday: Reading Gaines & Current Events
Friday: Finish Gaines & Current Events
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Due Friday, October 16, 2009
Hello, folks.
Mrs. Noyes came into my 3rd period class yesterday and encouraged us to read a poem. It is posted below. I want you to do a tad bit more reading than you have done with the other two blog posts, but you can finish the reading and writing within 30 minutes. Directions are also included below.
1. Read the poem below.
2. Read the sections of the following link entitled "Ethnic Competition Leads to Violence" and "License to Commit Murder=$3,700": http://www.asian-nation.org/racism.shtml
3. In 100 words or more connect the poem to the Gaines text we are reading in class and the text about injustice against Asian Americans.
4. You're awesome!
Poem:
Mrs. Noyes came into my 3rd period class yesterday and encouraged us to read a poem. It is posted below. I want you to do a tad bit more reading than you have done with the other two blog posts, but you can finish the reading and writing within 30 minutes. Directions are also included below.
1. Read the poem below.
2. Read the sections of the following link entitled "Ethnic Competition Leads to Violence" and "License to Commit Murder=$3,700": http://www.asian-nation.org/racism.shtml
3. In 100 words or more connect the poem to the Gaines text we are reading in class and the text about injustice against Asian Americans.
4. You're awesome!
Poem:
"If We Must Die"
If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accursed lot.
If we must die, O let us nobly die
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
O kinsmen! We must meet the common foe!
Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one death blow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!
Source: Claude McKay, “If We Must Die,” in Harlem Shadows: The Poems of Claude McKay (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1922). Taken from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5130/
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