"About Men" Essay (Sections 08 and 09)

Hello all,

Here is the link for the essay by Gretel Ehrlich, which was read in class. It's brief  but very insightful. Please read it and then write a precis that summarizes the essay and, also, demonstrates your understanding of what Ehrlich is saying about male gender roles as portrayed through her experience interacting with real cowboys and ranchers and how they match up to the more traditional rugged Marlboro Man cowboy image. Furthermore, synthesize how perceived gender roles match up the actual gender roles. Begin to think of gender roles in terms of the characters in Othello. Your hint is the following prompt:  How is Othello perceived to be and how does that match up to who Othello really is?

Again, here is the link for Gretel Ehrlich's "About Men".

This is due tomorrow for sections 08 and 09. No excuses. The trip some of you went on is not excuse to not hand in this assignment tomorrow (April 1st, 2011).

Regards,

Benitez

Immigrant Rights Petition

Hey all,

This is a link to an online petition that calls for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to revise their stance on the deportation of U.S. veterans who serve in the military and then are denied permanent residency which can lead to applying for citizenship. The link is embedded in the word link.

Feel free to sign the petition but you are not mandated to do so.

Regards,

Benitez

Parent-Teacher Conferences

It's that wonderful time of the year when I get to meet your parents! As usual, I will be in room 430 in tomorrow evening (03/17) and Friday afternoon (03/18). For those who prefer, I can speak Spanish during the conference. And, before I forget, let's try and keep the conferences to a max of 3 minutes and please be outside my room when I call your son or daughter's name. If I call for you and you are not there I will move along down the list and you will have to sign again. Too many parent's missed out on conferencing during the fall semester.

Hope to see you guys!

Regards,

Benitez

PS: Check out this Othello movie preview project done by students:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7C0pR2CDEw

The Impact of Gender Roles (Section 09)

Hey guys, 

In this post is the discussion questions. Please answer it before 7:00 PM on Sunday (March 20th, 2011). 

How do gender roles and presumed gender behavior affect the school environment that we learn in? Please explain your position on this topic and support it with one specific example. It can be a personal example but please do not mention names of teachers or students. Keep it as mature and appropriate as possible or your comment will be deleted. 

- Benitez!

The Impact of Gender Roles (Section 08)

Hey guys,

In this post is the discussion questions. Please answer it before 7:00 PM on Sunday (March 20th, 2011).

How do gender roles and presumed gender behavior affect the school environment that we learn in? Please explain your position on this topic and support it with one specific example. It can be a personal example but please do not mention names of teachers or students. Keep it as mature and appropriate as possible or your comment will be deleted.

Salughterhouse-Five Criticism (ALL SECTIONS)

Hey guys, here are the links for the two articles I want you to print out. The first article is for tomorrow and the second is for Wednesday/Thursday.

This first link is for the article due tomorrow (Tuesday). It's only four pages in legth.

http://musingsofaliterarydilettante.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/slaughterhouse-five-by-kurt-vonnegut/

This link is for the article that will be discussed in class on Wednesday/Thursday:

http://theocrit.sfasu.edu/docs/spring2009/Mixing%20Fantasy%20with%20Fact.pdf

This article is 8 pages in length, but, still readable.

For each article, please, bring in 2 questions that come to mind while reading to ask during the in class discussions.

Slaughterhouse-Five Quiz Questions (Section 08)

Hello all,

Based on our discussion of Vonnegut's novel as well as the topics, themes, and issues (free will, control over our decisions, fatalism) Slaughterhouse-Five brings up, I want you to post (as a comment) a question you may have or wanted to ask. The question must relate to one of the topics, themes and issues or a specific scene or character from the novel.

An example of the type of questions I am looking to see from you guys is as follows:

                       How does Vonnegut convey his view of free will through character development/characterization? Select one character from Slaughterhouse-Five to analyze and discuss how that character is an example that free will exists or does not exist.

The best 5 questions will be selected for Monday's quiz. From those five you'll have to answer 3.

All students must post their questions by noon on Sunday (3/6/11). No excuses.

Slaughterhouse-Five Quiz Questions (Section 09)

Hello all,

Based on our discussion of Vonnegut's novel as well as the topics, themes, and issues (free will, control over our decisions, fatalism) Slaughterhouse-Five brings up, I want you to post (as a comment) a question you may have or wanted to ask. The question must relate to one of the topics, themes and issues or a specific scene or character from the novel.

An example of the type of questions I am looking to see from you guys is as follows:

                       How does Vonnegut convey his view of free will through character development/characterization? Select one character from Slaughterhouse-Five to analyze and discuss how that character is an example that free will exists or does not exist.

The best 5 questions will be selected for Monday's quiz. From those five you'll have to answer 3.

All students must post their questions by noon on Sunday (3/6/11). No excuses.

Reminder (ALL SECTIONS)

Hey guys,

Please remember that the final draft of the essay on education reform is due on 3/4/11, this Friday, for sections 08 and 09. For sections 06 and 07 the final draft is due on Monday, 3/7/11.

Regards,

Benitez