"Banksy on the West Bank"
Friday, November 21, 2008
BANKSY
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Hey!
Hey guys! Did anyone go to that Cultural Diversity Event Today? I did! it was nice. I actually learned many things from the countries. They were also playing good music. It was fun.
Something To Know
The emergency number worldwide for mobile is 112.
If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you.
Interestingly, this number can be dialed even if the keypad is locked
Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car?Does your car have remote keyless entry?
This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. It saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you.
Interestingly, this number can be dialed even if the keypad is locked
Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car?Does your car have remote keyless entry?
This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. It saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Social Justice Statement
Because we are all freaking out, and tired, and sick of school . . . I want to make sure that you have all necessary supplies to pace yourself and move forward.
Here are the guidelines for the Social Justice Statement.
This follows your Works Cited page. It is a synthesis of and reflection on your experiences and thinking-processes in this class.
In 1-2 double-spaced pages, answer these questions:
Without repeating yourself, how do you feel, as a critically thinking and informed student (and, now, with the completion of your SJ Doc Proj, as a historian!), about your topic?
How does it mesh with your other ideas, experiences, beliefs?
How is your topic, in your opinion, connected to other social justice issues we have addressed in class?
How are both your SJ Doc Proj and Research Paper contributions to history?
How are your ideas about the relationship between writing and social justice different after completing all this work?
What is your final, personal definition of Social Justice?
Here are the guidelines for the Social Justice Statement.
This follows your Works Cited page. It is a synthesis of and reflection on your experiences and thinking-processes in this class.
In 1-2 double-spaced pages, answer these questions:
Without repeating yourself, how do you feel, as a critically thinking and informed student (and, now, with the completion of your SJ Doc Proj, as a historian!), about your topic?
How does it mesh with your other ideas, experiences, beliefs?
How is your topic, in your opinion, connected to other social justice issues we have addressed in class?
How are both your SJ Doc Proj and Research Paper contributions to history?
How are your ideas about the relationship between writing and social justice different after completing all this work?
What is your final, personal definition of Social Justice?
Hey!
Ignore the third link for Friday's homework.
This is the section I want you to look over; additionally, look at the first and second links.
[undated]
Dear Richard:
I am much ashamed. I have done something to be bad. I would like to sit in the dusty dust. Now I am afraid I am your pal-pen no more. Maybe I am Mrs. Death Boy of Japan.
I am sorry I smiled at women. Yes, I love holy ones, like Sumo Girl and Geisha Bob. I will never be so hidden again. Pray for me now, Mr. Bowles. Respect little Yasusada again!
My friends are most fewsome. I count them opon [sic] my fingers. Look, seven left on yellow hands…
I am irksome to see you—because you come so scaresome, my bed is a grave.
Oops, good night, God will forgive me—Will you please to try?
I am sincere,
1. We are not sure why Yasusada enters this name. Is it a reference to Samuel Bowles, one of Emily Dickinson’s correspondents? As we indicated in Doubled Flowering, Yasusada’s manuscripts contain numerous drafts of translations from Dickinson’s poetry, so perhaps this is the case.
2. No doubt Yasusada means the word "irksome" in the sense of “impatient.”
This is the section I want you to look over; additionally, look at the first and second links.
[undated]
Dear Richard:
I am much ashamed. I have done something to be bad. I would like to sit in the dusty dust. Now I am afraid I am your pal-pen no more. Maybe I am Mrs. Death Boy of Japan.
I am sorry I smiled at women. Yes, I love holy ones, like Sumo Girl and Geisha Bob. I will never be so hidden again. Pray for me now, Mr. Bowles. Respect little Yasusada again!
My friends are most fewsome. I count them opon [sic] my fingers. Look, seven left on yellow hands…
I am irksome to see you—because you come so scaresome, my bed is a grave.
Oops, good night, God will forgive me—Will you please to try?
I am sincere,
1. We are not sure why Yasusada enters this name. Is it a reference to Samuel Bowles, one of Emily Dickinson’s correspondents? As we indicated in Doubled Flowering, Yasusada’s manuscripts contain numerous drafts of translations from Dickinson’s poetry, so perhaps this is the case.
2. No doubt Yasusada means the word "irksome" in the sense of “impatient.”
Final Push
Here, once again, is the library link, for those of you who are still working on your research.
HMWK for Friday: RN (if you need points) on the readings below. Otherwise, just read.
HMWK for Monday: Your last Rough Draft (should be 7-9 pages, with your Annotated Bibliography changed to a Works Cited list reflecting your in-text citations and your complete list of sources).
On Monday, I'll go over the components of the Social Justice Statement, which will be your final step. I'll also post those guidelines here.
-Olivia
HMWK for Friday: RN (if you need points) on the readings below. Otherwise, just read.
HMWK for Monday: Your last Rough Draft (should be 7-9 pages, with your Annotated Bibliography changed to a Works Cited list reflecting your in-text citations and your complete list of sources).
On Monday, I'll go over the components of the Social Justice Statement, which will be your final step. I'll also post those guidelines here.
-Olivia
Monday, November 17, 2008
Things to read for Friday's class
1. This Wikipedia entry about Araki Yasusada, and
2. This article about the topic, and
3. Finally, this . . .
Come to class ready to express your opinion on this controversy. Also, consider how it dovetails with our own criteria for judging Social Justice Documentation.
-Olivia
2. This article about the topic, and
3. Finally, this . . .
Come to class ready to express your opinion on this controversy. Also, consider how it dovetails with our own criteria for judging Social Justice Documentation.
-Olivia
Sunday, November 16, 2008
American-Mexicans
"The American Dream is alive and well in Mexico," Reyes said. "If I work hard, save my money, and plan well, I will be able to send my children to a good school—and who knows? If they study hard, perhaps they will get jobs someday at the new plant General Motors is building in China."
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/47978
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/47978
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