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This morning, Bill Wright presented us with a question concerning creative writing: How do students recapture the magic of storytelling in order to produce writing that is publishable?
Bill arrived at his question after dealing with years of studen…
addresses social and economic
... racism - "equality" once again proven to be shallow words, and empty promises. Like swords slashing into hopes of the blacks. What a slap to send these young men to do their "do their duties" to fight/die for libert…
I love this song. Country Joe came to Poets in the Park in Loveland about ten years ago and sang it. Boy, he looked old. Why Country Joe was there, I don't know. The poet there was Dorianne Laux. When she read a poem about Janis Joplin, CJ looked sa…
interesting Morgan - 'war doesn't raise these tensions, it spotlights them' - allows us to see them since we so often keep them under the rug, separated by other things - war does not allow us to hide these tensions...
This reminds me of the draft comments in one of the other documents. Americans humilitated themselves by sending the poor, young, and minorities to do the jobs of war, while the rich, old, and powerful enjoyed the benefits. The voice of the American…
1969. Social tensions on the rise. This is the same type of tactic as the 'Wheat' propaganda in class.
Personal Connection: From my conversations with my dad, he strongly opposed the war. In college, he was studying civil engineering, which meant that if and when he would be drafted he would be on a bridge-building team. The front team in the jungle.…
Significance- the challenge of a government to uphold the ideals of the law makers and to establish a community that protects the values of the people. When these two ideas are in conflict with each other and not working towards a "greater society"…
Nixon says "Let us be united for Peace" by defeating the North Vietnamese. To do otherwise would be unAmerican, which he equates with humiliation. He diminishes the anti-war movement by suggesting that it is a "fashion," a fad.
Class tensions. Always has, is and will be who you know and what you got. War doesn't raise these tensions, it spotlights them.
just interesting I think to wonder about what it represents - intentionally or unintentionally - even if it is not necessary to the message of the cartoon...
I can relate. I ran, not walked to my enrollment into college and Air Force ROTC in 1972 things were scaling back, so they thought, and yet Nixon had not stopped the drafting process (perhaps Cambodia was on his mind). The combination of college acc…
or rather war = good business
yes - war = business - very nicely said...
James Fallows believes says that he sees the working class in Boston, not the educated, bearing the burden of fighting the war.
Does the stone need a label? I just interpreted it as a cliff, and that foreign policy will drag Johnson's domestic policy, esp. civil rights, over the cliff to its death.
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This morning, Bill Wright presented us with a question concerning creative writing: How do students recapture the magic of storytelling in order to produce writing that is publishable?
Bill arrived at his question after dealing with years of student writing that seemed to be full of descriptions and flowery language, but that lacked a basic element of all good writing: a good story. Also, students seemed to focusing on only one genre (Fantasy!! AHHH!!) and were not open to constructive criticis… Continue
Bill arrived at his question after dealing with years of student writing that seemed to be full of descriptions and flowery language, but that lacked a basic element of all good writing: a good story. Also, students seemed to focusing on only one genre (Fantasy!! AHHH!!) and were not open to constructive criticis… Continue
Posted on June 24, 2009 at 1:19pm —
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- At 12:25pm on June 17, 2009,
William E. Wright said… - Great Demo!!
I am far more concrete I guess. I like the first activity because I knew exactly what was expected. Now, the on-line activity WAS well structured but I wandered far afield and didn't answer the questions as well as I should have. My only hope is that it will provide you with some usable data.
- At 12:24pm on June 17, 2009,
Heather Smith said… - Ning Experience:
Benefits - I think that giving students a chance to interact with technology is always successful and also allows for choice in a variety of primary documents
Drawbacks - Not a lot of interactive comments, as most people chose to comment based only on what they thought. Threaded discussion would help address this issue.
- At 5:57pm on June 9, 2009,
Beth Lewis said… - be my friend
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