Last Suppers

http://motherjones.com/photoessays/2004/01/last-suppers

An Identity Reduced to a Burka

Read "An Identity Reduced to a Burka." What is the argument that the authors make in this article?

http://www.mwlusa.org/topics/dress/burka.html

How does this article compare with Gelareh Asayesh's article "Shrouded in Contradiction"?

What is the purpose of each article? Who is the audience for each article? What is the tone or mood of each article?

Post a response on your blog to both articles, pointing out the similarities and differences between the two viewpoints.

For Class on Tuesday, April 6th

Here is a link to the reading for Tuesday, April 6th. Please print this article and bring it to class on Tuesday.

http://facstaff.uww.edu/carlberj/Journal3.htm

Community Colleges Are Disappointed by Reduced Funds in Student-Loan Bill

The House just passed legislation that will give $2-billion to community colleges: Though this is less money than what was promised, it is still a significant contribution from the federal government: "This is the very first time that the federal government is providing direct aid to community colleges," said Eduardo J. Martí, president of Queensborough Community College, also part of the City University of New York. "So even though $2-billion is one-sixth of what we were hoping for, it's really welcome."

Click on the link to read more of our president's thoughts on the issue as well as other perspectives:

http://chronicle.com/article/Community-Colleges-Are/64796/?sid=at&utm_so

Report Finds Undocumented Students Face Roadblocks

Link this article on your blog, summarize it, and post a response. What should be done for undocumented college students, who do not have social security numbers, but want to attend institutions of higher education?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/22/undocumented.students/

Strong Introductory Paragraph

Here is an example of a strong introductory paragraph for the Understanding Emotion assignment.

This was written by Sarah Leggette from 101 M24c.

Everyone has it; your family members, your friends, your neighbors, the stranger on the street, even you, you've all got it. We all have and exercise it constantly each and every day. No matter who you are: girl, man, woman, or boy, no matter your status, background, IQ, or even your shoe size, you were all born with and possess the power of choice, and truly, choice is a powerful commodity to have. Choice is the decisions we make all the time, from as simple as which shirt to wear to more complex as which college to attend or if you'll attend one at all. Our lives are built around the choices we make, but fear also plays a vital role in choice; it can propel good choices, force bad choices or paralyze our ability to choose altogether.

Sarah clearly uses what Trimble terms the "front door" approach to opening her paper. She jumps right in to her topic and evokes the reader's interest. She also has a strong thesis statement that explores the relationship between fear and choice, and the body of her paper goes on to support this claim.

Learning to Read and Write

Here is the reading for Thursday, March 4th. There will be a quiz in both T/H classes.

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Douglass/Autobiography/07.html

Good Guys Finish Last

Check out this amazing fairy tale written by Royah (in less than twenty minutes!) and inspired by Nelson, Alim, and Alex of English 101, section J24.

Once upon a time, around mid March
There was a man named John,
who was very very soft.
He took long walks and smelled all the flowers,
Bathed in pink soap and loved baby powder.
He wrote long novels and loved soap operas
Cried for romance and enjoyed girly drama.

John had a friend the opposite of him
Who never smiled nor never grinned and was known as Grim.
He scared away cops, had guns with red dots,
His friends were all scared, afraid they would get popped.

One day in March, they went for a stroll
And bumped into a girl, whose name was Nicole.
She had a perfect body, better than Jennifer’s body,
She looked like a pro, in doing her Pilates.
John loved Nicole, the first time they met,
Grim had no interest but he made a bet.
Grim said….that good guys always finish last,
John said that girls loved him and always had a blast.


Dates after dates, movies after movies,
John wanted to marry,
Grim wanted some booty.
John gave her gifts, flowers and bears,
Grim gave up nothing and never wanted to share.

John brought Nicole to his house one day,
And Grim came over to play video games.
John took a shower
for about an hour.
Came out and saw, Nicole on Grim’s tower.
John was quite hurt
As Grim slapped her ass.
The moral of the story . . .
good guys finish last.

PORN

How can we talk about gender without addressing the tenuous, problematic, difficult, topic of PORN? Check out this article by Naomi Wolf.

http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/trends/n_9437/

What is she saying here? Do you agree or disagree with her viewpoint?

(For those of you in the Saturday class, this article could be an option for your group project.)

Yes, Maybe, Sometimes, Never!

We've been talking about gender in class lately, and, fittingly, my brother presented an interesting dating debate. His friend asked the shot girl for her number, and this created a debate in his office. Is it wrong, even unethical, to hit on a shot girl or shot boy? What about a waitress or waiter? When is it okay to approach a man/woman? Defend your answer.